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God has been gracious to give you and me access to know many things about Him: His creation, His desires for us, and, most important, His Son. Are we reading and treasuring this precious gift?

Mainline pastors are more likely than their evangelical counterparts to say their most attended service is on Christmas Eve (60% v. 44%), while evangelical pastors are more likely than mainline ministers to say their highest attendance event is during the third week of December (30% v. 17%).

For too long in the North American church, we have focused too much on how missions get done and not enough effort on who is doing missions.

Three months after their first visit to First Baptist, the Donohues joined the congregation. Not long afterward, the church purchased a three-story former restaurant and banquet hall two miles from the church to house its RE:VIVALS outreach ministry.

To meet the needs of people in their reach in a time when people have so many views of church, the pandemic and the issues they face, New Day uses a variety of approaches to reach the diverse population.

Be a leader who tells a story of redemption, renewal, and righteousness living in all aspects of your life. Put away the negative words you describe to yourself, and begin to hear the positive comments that God poured into your leadership from others around.

Finances. There are still churches where one person counts or handles the money or writes the checks, and that should change immediately with written policies created by the financial team and approved by the board of oversight.

I think most pastors' role in digital ministry looks much more like the exuberant passing of the torch from John to Charlie, which doesn't mean you need to walk away. John was still a part of the heist. He just created a new hero along the way.