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In Conflict, Check Your Motives
By: Brandon A. Cox In Conflict, Check Your Motives .et_post_meta_wrapper Have you ever realized, mid-conversation, that the person you’re arguing with is actually right and you are wrong, but you’re already in too deep to turn around so you keep going anyway? Me too. It’s evidence of our pride and […]
Why Your Time Off Will Never Be Enough to Truly DeStress You
By: Carey Nieuwhof Let me guess. You feel like you really need to de-stress. 2020 has been unreal, and almost unbelievably trying—far different than any year you’ve led through before. Every leader I talk to is tired. Well, more than just tired. Stressed. Deeply stressed. And kind of exhausted. There’s […]
PODCAST 084: Christopher Benek, Virtual Reality, & Beyond Church Buildings
By: The Church.Digital What does the future hold for Virtual Reality?… for Artificial Intelligence? Talk to the business world and they’re chomping at the bit to take advantage of disruptions like these. But what of the church world? As a general rule, we’re more skeptical of these innovations. Is the […]
Time Management Matters in a Pandemic More Than Ever
By: Brandon A. Cox Time Management Matters in a Pandemic More Than Ever .et_post_meta_wrapper As I write this, we’re preparing for our 17th Sunday of NOT meeting together for a weekend worship service. Most of our people understand and appreciate the caution. A few are trying to understand and be […]
Unified Disciple Making Theory
By: Discipleship.org Albert Einstein wasn’t trying to explain disciple making in the church. But, like most pastors, Einstein thought there was something missing. The famous scientist was convinced of a yet-undiscovered framework that tied together the two known forces (gravity and electromagnetism) in the physical universe. For decades he worked […]
Turning Up the Volume on Reaching Unchurched People with Brett Bixby
By: unSeminary Thanks for listening in to this week’s unSeminary podcast. I’m excited to have Brett Bixby join us from Bridgewater Church – a multisite church with campuses in New York and Pennsylvania. Founded in 1807, Bridgewater Church plateaued for many years with most of their growth being transfer growth […]
Redeploying Staff or High-Level Leaders During COVID-19
Home > Blog > Redeploying Staff or High-Level Leaders During COVID-19 Redeploying Staff or High-Level Leaders During COVID-19 By New Churches Team COVID-19 has meant lots of change for your church. One issue you may be facing is redeploying staff. So, how do you reassign and redeploy staff and high-level […]
I Want to Live In the 8th of Romans
By: Brandon A. Cox I Want to Live In the 8th of Romans .et_post_meta_wrapper This is where I often live… the 7th of Romans. I don’t really understand myself, for I want to do what is right, but I don’t do it. Instead, I do what I hate… it is […]
Episode 504: Does a Need Necessitate a Call?
By: New Churches In Episode 504 of the NewChurches Q&A Podcast, Daniel and Todd discuss if feeling like the community is in need of a biblically-based church necessitates a call to plant a church. “My name is Justin and I am wondering if a need necessitates a call. My wife […]
What Form Should Disciple Making Take?
By: Discipleship.org Chances are, you’ve debated one of these topics before. Defending your opinion and viewpoint is part of what it means to be human. Sometimes we vigorously defend our position with any facts we can find … while closing our eyes to other, less helpful facts. Disciple makers can […]