Category: Blog
Two ways to handle political division like Jesus did (Facebook Live summary session 11).
By: Greg Curtis I recently had a person make a confession to me. They were at a weekly men’s prayer breakfast with 4 new men attending. During the prayer request time, he had asked everyone to pray against our current president and his policies as he believed all Christians should. […]
Newsletter August 2020
A Unique Calling More You were made for a specific purpose. God has given you specific gifts and passions. He’s called you to use those gifts and passions to bring him glory. As Frederick Buechner once put it, “The place God calls you is the place where your deep gladness […]
Episode 514: Firing Someone You Don’t Want to Fire
By: New Churches In Episode 514 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss when you have to make the difficult decision to fire someone based on budget, not on performance. In This Episode, You’ll Discover: How to look at budget from a ministry perspectiveWhat creative ways you need […]
PODCAST 088: Matt Lombardi – What Do You Mean Your Church Won’t Experiment?
By: The Church.Digital Thank you very much, COVID. That long-term vision? That playbook? Your church’s strategy? It’s all trash. Every church is in startup mode, and we’re reimagining the idea of church moving forward. Reimagining is going to require some experimentation. Is your church capable of experimenting? Do they […]
7 Habits of Generation Z That Your Church Might Be Ignoring
By: Carey Nieuwhof This post is written by Dillon Smith, a Gen Z team member of mine. There’s no doubt that Gen Z has some different habits than previous generations. Thanks to the internet and smartphones, the environment that we’ve grown up in is completely unique, and unlike any generation […]
A New Normal
By: New Churches Home > Blog > A New Normal A New Normal By Ed Stetzer As states have begun varied and nuanced approaches to reopening businesses, parks, and more, we find ourselves asking more and more “How do we move forward?” I’m concerned about life after the pandemic, but […]
The Church is Messy, Isn’t It?
By: Brandon A. Cox The Church is Messy, Isn’t It? .et_post_meta_wrapper The church is messy, isn’t it? When I look around, I see that we’re often unsafe for the hurting, unkind to those who don’t see the world the way we do, and unlike Jesus in how we relate to […]
Navigating Social Media in the Next Normal with Advice from Facebook’s Nona Jones
By: UnSeminary Thanks for tuning in to this week’s episode of the unSeminary podcast. In June we helped cohost The Next Normal Conference with our friends at Leadership Network and Church Communications in order to inspire church leaders and spur collaboration between their teams about where we are all heading […]
10 Signs Your Organization’s Culture is Toxic
By: Carey Nieuwhof Ever wonder if your organization’s culture is toxic? Apparently, not enough leaders do. According to a Gallup survey, only 15% of employees globally are engaged at work. In America, 30% of employees are engaged, which at first sounds great. Except that means that 70% of your workforce […]
Episode 512: Success Killers
By: New Churches In Episode 512 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss what causes success to be killed and what leaders need to avoid those success killers. “What are the common things that kill the success of leaders?” In This Episode, You’ll Discover: The top three things […]