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Have you wanted to make the most of Notion for your ministry work as a pastor or church leader?
In this video, you'll learn the basics of Notion so that you can begin using it with less overwhelm and more confidence (so that you can become more...
Pastor Rich Villodas asked fellow pastors what they see as the most challenging part of pastoring today and in response, these pastors got honest. If you're a pastor, you might find this video helpful because you'll see that you're not alone in your sentiments. And if you're a church-going...
Highly intentional pastors are purposeful people. They understand the weight of what the Lord has called them to do and they take that work seriously.
Most of us want to be intentional pastors.
But what makes the difference between drifting pastors and intentional pastors are the habits they...
The perfect worship service doesn’t exi…
or maybe it does?
Think about it… What would make for a perfect worship service? A perfect Sunday?
What would happen? What wouldn’t happen?
If there’s a conversation you and your leadership team should have within the next...
Every church has its share of difficult people.
They’re the people who are perpetually dismissive or resistant to what seems like everything you and your team attempt to do.
But you have to hand it to them—they’re consistent. Consistently critical and dissatisfied...
It was a Monday. I was working from home. But instead of working, I was uncontrollably crying. I felt betrayed. I felt alone. I felt like a punching bag covered in patches of duct tape, struggling to take another hit.
In that season, it felt like the hits kept coming from people in the church....
Over the years, I’ve received hundreds of emails from preachers from all over the world. In these emails, they’ve shared with me their struggles/challenges/problems when it comes to preaching.
And after reading these hundreds of emails, I’ve noticed some very common patterns (no...
Summer is a great time of the year to make extra effort to reach out to your community as a church.
With school out and the weather being warm, summertime lends itself to some unique opportunities to connect with people outside your church.
11 Summer Outreach Ideas for Your Church
1. Social media...
A lot of people listen to Jon Tyson's sermons.
I recently featured his preaching on the first installment of Preacher Lab – a breakdown of a preacher's sermon so that we can learn lessons for our own preaching.
Here are 4 things I noticed from his preaching
→ He displays a deep burden...
Get Opus Clip and start making (more) sermon clips for social media.
In this video, I review Opus Clip - a powerful software tool that will take your sermon video and turn it into 20+ sermon clips to be used on social media as Instagram Reels, Facebook Reels, YouTube Shorts, and TikTok videos.
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According to a new study released by CovidReligionResearch.org, only 33% of churches were seeing some or much growth in 2023.
30% were experiencing much decline. 24% were experiencing some decline. And 12% were classified as stable. Or what I would call plateaued.
To say it more succinctly,...
In case you haven't heard, a lot went down recently at the 2024 Stronger Men's Conference between Mark Driscoll and John Lindell, the lead pastor of James River Church and the leader of the conference.
As I saw what happened, I felt it important to use this as a teaching moment.
So, below you'll...
