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The Liabilities of Being a Perfectionist
By Shawn Lovejoy: Too many leaders are paralyzed by perfection. While perfect may be inspiring in a moment or for a season, it is impossible when leading for long-term impact. To lead day after day, year after year, chasing perfect will wear you out. It’s simply not realistic. In a recent podcast […]
Some Thoughts on the Wave of Deconversions and The State of Preaching Today
by Carey Nieuwhof: It’s the hope of almost every preacher I’ve ever met that people will embrace Jesus. That’s been my hope every time I preach. And yet the opposite seems to be happening: more people than ever before seem to be walking away from Christ. It’s not that they […]
4 Lessons New Communicators Need To Learn Before Taking a Major Stage
By Dillon Smith. Dillon is content manager for Carey Nieuwhof Communications and is a member of the Speaking Team. You can book Dillon to speak at your next event here. By Dillon Smith Raising up new communicators can feel like navigating a minefield. There is a tension that anyone trying to […]
Help Gaining Clarity in a 20 Year Old Church with Rick Raiford
by unSeminary: Thanks for joining us for this episode of the unSeminary podcast. This week we’re talking with Rick Raiford, the executive pastor at Daystar Church in North Carolina. Daystar started as a small country church in Greensboro, North Carolina and over the past twenty years has grown to become […]
Searching for Disciple Making Churches and Movements in North America?
by Bobby Harrington: Dear Discipleship-First Tribe, We want you to become the disciple maker God intends you to be. For those of you who are church leaders, we also want you to develop and lead effective disciple-making churches. We are praying that the fires of disciple making movements will spring […]
5 Ways To Get Feedback On Your Preaching Without Crushing Your Feelings
by Carey Nieuwhof: I admit it, I can be a little sensitive to criticism. Whenever I’m finished giving a sermon or talk, you know what I really want to hear? You crushed it. That was world-class. Best message ever. That was spectacular. Show me the secret sauce. Okay that’s over-the-top, […]
Go Ahead and Throw Your Best Pitch Out There
Go Ahead and Throw Your Best Pitch Out There .et_post_meta_wrapper by Brandon Cox: Have you heard about Nathan Patterson? Here’s the scoop… Nathan played baseball in high school, but upon graduation, moved on to more practical things like selling software for a living. After all, how many high school hopefuls […]
7 Little-Known Advantages of Multisite Churches
.et_post_meta_wrapper by Portable Church Industries: The multisite movement has taken the world by storm! In fact, the multisite model has already multiplied and revitalized thousands of churches in the United States. And, this method has only increased in number since then. With that in mind, here are seven reasons why […]
7 Ways To To Get Past the Funk Of Talking About Money At Church
by Carey Nieuwhof: So let me guess, every time you need to talk about money in church, you wince. And so does everybody else. I know, because I’ve been there. If you’re going to be effective in ministry, you have to become comfortable talking about money. Yet few church leaders […]
Inside a Scalable Solution to Increasing Quality Relationships in Your Church with Judy West
Thanks for listening to this week’s unSeminary podcast. This week we have Judy West chatting with us. She is the Pastor of Leadership Development at The Crossing in St. Louis. The Crossing has four locations in St. Louis and can also be experienced online. Judy is with us today to […]