Before asking your congregation for major financial commitments, ensure your foundation is solid. Successful capital campaigns are built on trust, prayer, and shared ownership—not just urgent facility needs. Here are five warning signs that your church may need deeper preparation before launching a campaign.
Shallow roots can topple trees and leaders. Pastor and author Eric Geiger explains how Nehemiah’s example can help church leaders stay rooted through burnout, public failure and cultural change, so they can produce lasting fruit.
Joby Martin never planned to lead a megachurch. The founder of The Church of Eleven22 explains why faithfulness, not fruitfulness, defines finishing well in ministry.
Eli Bonilla Jr. explains why pastoral resilience begins with spiritual dependence, how church leaders can guard against burnout and why trust is essential to discipling the next generation.
In the past couple years, the American church has experienced a resurgence as a larger percentage of people are making new commitments to Jesus. That trend has primarily been driven by younger generations who are longing for deeper spiritual guidance as they deal with deep existential questions around AI, wars, financial uncertainty, and relational breakdowns. … Continued
Jeremy McGarity has seen church growth from both sides—as a church planter and as the pastor of an established congregation. At Skyline Church, he is emphasizing relational evangelism, discipleship and a culture of invitation to help people take their next step toward Christ.
When Libin Abraham became lead pastor of Bent Tree Bible Fellowship, he followed a beloved longtime leader and led the church through COVID-19. He explains why succession isn't imitation and how the church moved from survival to revival.
Both the pastor and the congregation must recognize that the pastor’s highest-leverage work must focus on sharing ministry by developing leaders who can in turn care for and develop others. This realization is simultaneously liberating and threatening: liberating because it means a way forward exists; threatening because it requires a fundamental change for both pastors and congregations. Pastors must shift their own self-understanding, and congregations must change the fundamental expectations they have of their pastors.
Leaders rarely intend to drift, but busy seasons can quietly disrupt the habits that keep them healthy. These four gauges can help leaders notice drift and course-correct.
Church leaders face constant disruption and resistance to change. Tod Bolsinger explains how pastors can lead transformation while protecting the values at the heart of the church.
