Category: Outreach
Applying Pandemic Learnings from Church Online to Post-Pandemic Church with Jenn Clauser
By unSeminary: Thanks for joining in for this week’s unSeminary podcast. We’re talking with Jenn Clauser, the Director of Communications at Coker United Methodist Church in San Antonio, Texas. She’s with us today to dig deeper into online church and how to integrate it as a core part of our […]
Faith & Fitness
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past decade you’ve probably heard about the growing sport of Crossfit. Started in 2000 by two fitness enthusiasts, Crossfit has blossomed from a single gym to 15,000 affiliated gyms spread all over the world. Articles like The Church of Crossfit and […]
Getting Our Priorities Straight
Home > Blog > Getting Our Priorities Straight Getting Our Priorities Straight By Ed Stetzer If in your travels you have ever passed by another country’s embassy, you may see people standing guard, usually in uniform and with their national flag. Those soldiers and the ambassador they guard inside are […]
Gospel Opportunities Right Outside Your Door
Home > Blog > Gospel Opportunities Right Outside Your Door Gospel Opportunities Right Outside Your Door By Ed Stetzer “Good fences make good neighbors.” Published in 1914, Robert Frost’s famous “Mending Wall” is a classic American poem. Every year, middle school students are tasked with memorizing it and high school […]
Lead with What Your Church CAN DO with Chris Bell
By unSeminary: Welcome back to the unSeminary podcast. Today we’re talking with Chris Bell, from 3Circle Church in the Mobile, Alabama area. When the pandemic started, all we heard about was new restrictions and what we couldn’t do. Chris was immediately challenged to focus on what the church CAN do […]
Inspiring Reflections on 2020 from Chicago with Mark Jobe
By unSeminary: Thanks for tuning in to this week’s unSeminary podcast. Today we’re talking to Mark Jobe, senior pastor at New Life Community Church (NLCC) in Chicago area and president of Moody Bible institute. New Life Community Church meets primarily in the city and has 28 locations with 40+ worship […]
Connection Between Community Service & Church Growth with Kyle & Justeina Brownlee
By unSeminary: Welcome to this week’s unSeminary podcast. I’m excited to be talking with Kyle and Justeina Brownlee from Xperience Church in Ohio. At Xperience Church, going beyond their walls to serve their community isn’t just something they do, it’s who they are. Listen in as Kyle and Justeina share […]
From Plateaued for 30 Years to One of the Fastest Growing Churches in the Country with Bob Riedy
By unSeminary: Welcome to this week’s unSeminary podcast. Today we’re talking with Bob Riedy from the Church of the Open Door (COD) in York, Pennsylvania. COD was started in the early 50s after breaking off of a mainline denomination. They experienced rapid growth for about 30 years, but then plateaued […]
Find the Evangelism Style That Excites You
Home > Blog > Find the Evangelism Style That Excites You Find the Evangelism Style That Excites You By Ed Stetzer If you find yourself enjoying chips, cookies, and sugary cereal more than you should during the pandemic, you aren’t alone. What you may not realize is how many millions […]
The Church In Your Neighborhood
By: The Church.Digital At North Circle, we’ve said this phrase long before Pop-Up Church became a thing for us. And to clarify, we don’t mean “doing the Sunday church thing but just in a neighborhood.” We mean loving the people who live closest to you every single day. We mean […]