As our congregations are cycling up for the school year, this CNN report on a recent Pew Research Center study has much to challenge and encourage our church leadership!
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In this interview with Pastor Fred Lehr he shares about some interviews he did with seven “None” students. What he learned and shared will help all church leaders as we interact with more and more of those that identify as “None!”
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Go deeper with Becoming a 21st-Century Church: A Transformational Manual by Fred Lehr and They Like Jesus but Not the Church: Insights from Emerging Generations by Dan Kimball
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Though flawed and of his time and steeped in a biblical fundamentalism that is not of our tradition, there is no denying that Billy Graham was one of the most influential Christian leaders of the last 50 years. In 2005, the book The Leadership Secrets of Billy Graham detailed some leadership lessons from his life and this summary of that book will offer some thoughts to improve your own leadership.
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Please check out this excellent blog post by a very sharp church leader, Carey Nieuwhof, on some of the reasons most churches never break the 200 barrier. Carey even has a resource to help you and your congregation work on this!
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This teaching video will give you all the tools you need to dramatically improve your outreach for Christmas worship services!
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This article by Thom Rainer will give you some reasons why ministries can slowly lose their outward focus and lots of practical ideas about how to regain an outward focus.
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