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Why Hiring an Interim Pastor Might Be Good for Your Church

8 reasons why you should consider a temporary pastor to help you gain more clarity about the direction of your church.

Hearing God

But imagine this. What if you had a handwritten note sent to you from God? Would you carry it around in your pocket for a couple of weeks and open it when you got around to it?

10 Major Pitfalls of Church Boards

Are these mistakes undercutting the effectiveness of your board?

Joel Muddamalle: Total Dependence

We think humility is an invitation for people to walk all over us, for endless suffering, to be left out. Yet the Bible doesn’t present that at all.

Resilience: Bouncing Back From Adversity and Failure

Sometimes, we wallow in our failure or rejection in an effort to understand it. But often, it’s just a matter of timing, chemistry, or circumstance.

The 3 Phases of Church-Planting Churches

Where is your church on this progression toward being a church-planting church?

They Simply Stopped Believing

Only 3% of Americans who grew up in a religiously unaffiliated home said they joined a religion.

Making Scripture Relatable

Maybe the Bible actually invites us – even dares us – to fill in some of the blanks.

Roots Before Fruit

“Our identity as daughters and sons is more important than our impact as leaders.”

How Are You Using Your Influence?

The question isn’t whether or not you have influence. It’s what you do with it. Are you a good influence or a bad influence?

How to Know if Someone Is Called to Global Missions

These questions will help you gauge whether you or another individual are being called to missions.