5 Key Ways to Improve Your Church YouTube Channel
…comments and replies and reaching out to their community with Twitter’s advanced search. What if your church did the same thing on YouTube? Answer questions, comment on church members’ YouTube…
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No Easy Button for Fruitful Youth Ministry
One of the most common and most debilitating myths about youth ministry might just be the all-too-common belief in the Easy Button. In our work with over 350 churches, our…
Leadership for Worship
…should be. This question illustrates the complexity of worship leadership. On the one hand, the pastor’s values, ideas, and knowledge need to be reflected in the congregation’s worship practice. On…
Everyday Leadership and Hope for Humanity: An In-depth Interview with Heidi Brooks
…so that when you try to come back home and implement the practices, you have a community of practice to go to that pulls out the best of who you…
A New Model for Leading Change
…gain energy and confidence from their growing knowledge and experience. The need for new knowledge and skills The decline of participation in mainline and other congregations is not news. Mainline…
Number of Young United Methodist Elders Hits Historic Low
…Clergy Age Trends in the United Methodist Church, 1985-2021 presents the latest figures and trends for elders, deacons, and local pastors by annual conference. Download the full report. While growth…
Creating a Safe Space for Holy Work with Children
…to create a space where all are welcomed, respected, and heard. Instead of merely “imparting knowledge,” we build relationships, get to know the children in our communities, and provide opportunities…
To the Point: A Letter to Churches Seeking New Members
…was such an important part of your lives. We were very, very close to our previous faith community; and it’s hard to think of anywhere else coming close. Or maybe…
7 Essential Requirements for All Good Leaders
…can collect leadership knowledge but without putting it to practice, we don’t become a better leader. When it comes to becoming a good guitar player, you have to practice what…
Effective Church Websites
…challenge, consider selecting a chairperson who can take control and make firm decisions on behalf of the group. Still, keep in mind that suggestions and comments from the committee and…
Finding Sanctuary: Ministries with Persons with Dementia and Their Caregivers | An In-Depth Interview with Elizabeth Shulman
…whom they are complaining may also have some valid issues. So, to be compassionate and open about all sides of the story is a good starting point. Jessica Anschutz: That’s…
What’s Next for the United Methodist Church?
…practice of homosexuality and consider this practice incompatible with Christian teaching.” Subsequent General Conference actions included: Not recognizing same sex marriage in 1976 saying: “We do not recognize a relationship…
Engaging Children Through Active Wondering
…frees children to contribute their thoughts willingly, decreasing the risk of providing an expected answer or parroting another adult figure in their community. Active wondering nurtures and fuels a continued…
6 Ways to Maximize Your Church’s Home-Field Advantage in Giving
…E. Sheppard. Used by permission of Zondervan. www.zondervan.com. The book may be purchased at https://www.zondervan.com/9780310893134/contagious-generosity/. Related Resources Stop Taking Givers for Granted by Chris Willard And Jim Sheppard 50 Ways…
6 Ways Leaders Can Renew Their Hope and Strength
…silence and prayer. In Scripture, God commands, “Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 46:10). If we want the Holy Spirit to open the streams that fill our…
Leading Faithful Innovation: An In-depth Interview with Dwight Zscheile
…But that’s why it’s important to start with those who are more open. Those who are less open will eventually come along. I think the church is getting larger and…
Keeping it Real When Launching an E-Newsletter
…mailing free up money for new projects? E-newsletters can open a powerful window into your community if you are undeterred by the initial shock of readership statistics and willing to…
Coaching and Christian Leadership
…and lends itself to open responses, it is particularly well suited to environments of rapid change. It does not privilege yesterday’s competencies or approaches. But coaching is not always appropriate….
Living with Open Hands
My wife, Danelle, and I have always tried to live our lives with open hearts, open hands, and an open home. We have fed hundreds of people gathered around our…
Effective Pastoral Transition: An In-Depth Interview with Lee Kricher
…discount the old leader. But Joshua did not come in and say, “Hey, he had ten good commandments, but wait ‘til you see my Ten Commandments!” He built on what…
Coop’s Soups, an Innovative Business and Ministry: An In-depth Interview with Cristin Cooper
…helpful. So, in terms of people’s comfort levels, they’re comfortable coming up and talking about soup, which is a neutral starting place. Our soup is dairy free and gluten free,…
Anti-Racism 4 Reals
…am not hearing a microaggression or blunt racist behavior and comments, so I’m always on. My ears are always listening and always perked. Even in my own community, we often…
Helping Youth Form a Lasting Faith: An In-Depth Interview with Brad Griffin
…inquisitive ways. Ann Michel: Your research identifies five “compass points” that are important in forming character in young people. You use the metaphor of compass points deliberately because these points…
Friendship as a Means of Discipleship
…Reclaiming the practice of friendship The church remembering how to practice friendship in a way that saves us has never been more critical than it is today. The church’s main…
The Problem with Being Spiritual but Not Religious
…individual’s experience of the world. We observe this trend in all sectors of human experience, for example: technology and the miniaturization of communication devices, the decline of commitment to political…
Small Churches as Healthy Family Systems
Lewis Parks examines basic concepts of family systems theory as a positive framework to understand the dynamics of small membership churches. While teaching pastoral care and counseling to a group…
Methodism as an Experiment in Grace
…United Methodist advertising slogan, “Open Hearts. Open Minds. Open Doors.” Just to say we are open doesn’t say why people would care to come in. Experiment in Grace I suggest…
Stop Taking Givers for Granted
…Willard and Jim Sheppard. Copyright © 2012 by Chris Willard and James E. Sheppard. Used by permission of Zondervan. www.zondervan.com. The book may be purchased at zondervan.com/contagious-generosity. Related Resources Developing…
Five Must-Know Facts about First-Time Guests
…first time. This article first appeared at www.churchleaders.com and is used by permission. Related Resources: An Open Letter to Churches Seeking New Members by Lyda K. Hawes Connect with Your…
4 Steps for Developing a Digital Community Strategy
…community can be daunting for sure. The first step in each step of the decision-making process is to pray. Prayer is always the beginning of moving forward in creating community…
