Keeping Christ in Christmas Without Holding Christmas Services on Sunday
Many if not most churches choosing to not hold in-person Christmas services on Sunday are offering online services.
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A God-Shaped Vision
Back in 2001, the leadership team at Shades Mountain Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, launched a vision plan that laid out some lofty goals. By the end of 2010, they wanted to have people serving in all 24 time zones around the world. They strove to plant a church in every international mission board throughout … Continued
The Worship and Mission Connection
Mission is not just doing something for God but begins and ends with rich and joyful worship of God. So, if worship and mission belong together, why don't more Christians understand this vital worship and mission connection?
Speaking the Truth in Love When the LGBTQ+ Community Comes to Your Church
Welcoming in all those who need a genuine encounter with Jesus is a primary function of the church, and this principle must be extended to the LGBTQ+ community in church as much as it is anybody else.
Christmas Conflict Not All That Merry and Bright
There are people in our nation today who dont want us to merely tolerate their views; they want us to accept themand, even more so, endorse them. This cant happen, because as Christians, we stand on the Scriptures. The reality is that Christmas is about conflict.
3 Ways to Help the Church Navigate Leading Change
As a church leader, you want to see God’s will done in the local church. Change, however, takes work. Any amount of change causes pain, pushback and potential landmines that could implode your change direction. But even if people dislike change, a leader should still lead change when leading church change. For every season in the church’s life, God […]
How to Remove the Obstacles to Your Team’s Success
How do you get your team members deeply engaged in your mission?
Loving People Where They Are
Evangelical Free Church leaders also learned what it means to serve the community when it joined with other churches and Christian leaders to form the “Love Singapore” movement, which focused largely on praying together as one church.
2 Ways New Pastors Should Look to the Future
Remember these tips as you begin your new role at an established church.
What Gift Are You Bringing to Jesus?
Since that day, Meck comes together as a church to give the most generous gift we can – above and beyond our normal giving – as a direct gift to Christ Himself at Christmas to celebrate His birthday.