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PODCAST 095: Launching & Elevating Church Communication Teams
COVID is teaching us, the church, many lessons. Obviously, there are many lessons about the value of Church Online or Discipleship Online. But why stop there? Church Communications Directors have been working overtime in this COVID season, managing the chaos that has been 2020. While we don’t talk about Communications […]
Streaming is the New Traditional Service
by The Church.Digital: I think most of us can relate to the expression “traditional service” from our church experiences. Some of us might even remember the time when singing hymns followed by a 3-point message was no longer keeping people in church. At that time, the idea to add contemporary […]
Leading a Thriving Small Groups Ministry with Ryan Hartwig
by unSeminary: Welcome to the unSeminary podcast. I’m excited to have Ryan T. Hartwig with us today. Ryan is Professor of Communication at Colorado Christian University and has studied collaborative organizations within the church, such as groups and teams. Ryan is with us to talk about a new book that […]
Pandemic Disciple Making: Lessons for the In-Between
By Justin Gravitt: “Ladies and gentleman, this is Justin, and I’ll be your captain today. On behalf of Jesus, welcome aboard Pandemic Flight COVID-19, offering non-stop service from your sense of normalcy to an undisclosed final destination. Flight time will be three weeks…uh, I mean three months… actually it could […]
Projected Leadership
by Josh Chumley: I was a psych major in college and any good or bad psych major knows the infamous Sigmund Freud. One of the staples of a good Freudian theorist is the concept of projection. Basically, how you feel (anger, sadness, etc.) about your parents, authorities, other people in […]
What are leading churches doing for weekend programming this fall? Roundtable discussion with Ben Stapley, Chris Vacher & Brian Tome.
by unSeminary: How committed are we really to forging the future rather than preserving the past? Today we’ve got another special episode of the unSeminary podcast where we sit down with three fantastic church leaders from around North America—Ben Stapley, Chris Vacher and Brian Tome—and ask them some questions about […]
PODCAST 094: The Challenge of Church Discipline in Digital Spaces
By The Church.digital: This is not going to be your typical The Church Digital Podcast. What does church discipline look like at your church? I want to be clear with the question. I’m not necessarily talking about spiritual disciplines here. Not digging into discipleship. Wikipedia defines Church Discipline as: “the […]
Deconstructing the Lies We Believe
Home > Blog > Deconstructing the Lies We Believe Deconstructing the Lies We Believe By New Churches Team Who Do These Lies Apply To? In You Are What You Do: And Six Other Lies About Work, Life, and Love, Daniel Im outlines seven lies that the culture says are truth. […]
Great Leaders Do the Mission
By Ken Adams: After a half century of involvement with my local church, I have concluded that there are two types of leaders: those who talk about the mission of making disciples, and those who actually do it. Do the Work If you find a leader who actually does the […]
Parachute Church Planting
Home > Blog > Parachute Church Planting September 9, 2020 Parachute Church Planting By New Churches Team Called to City Dan and Amber Sweaza met in Bible college in Texas. Soon after, they were called to a church in Florida, where Dan served as a youth pastor for ten years. […]