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Alert leaders crucial in crises

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congregational crises, LEADERSHIP

March 1, 2013 at 9:00 am.

Congregational crises come in all forms and occasions:

Two challenges

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LEADERSHIP

March 1, 2013 at 9:00 am.

Churches in this country are drifting from their historical

Retail can be a viable source of church income

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church bookstore, church business

March 1, 2013 at 9:00 am.

If operated as a business — with trained staff, best practices and a clear purpose.

Training cuts lawsuit impact

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legal advice, sexual harassment

March 1, 2013 at 9:00 am.

A crucial part of the church’s training program should include the prevention

Keys to hiring contractors

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church planting, Construction, contractor, independent contractors

March 1, 2013 at 9:00 am.

When doing a project on your church property

Retreat centers a good place to meet God

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church retreats, retreats

March 1, 2013 at 9:00 am.

Participants don’t want to ‘rough it’ as much, look for comforts of home.

Using high-capacity leaders well

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LEADERSHIP, volunteers

March 1, 2013 at 9:00 am.

How one church in the Silicon Valley is extra-blessed with high-potential volunteers — and how you can be, too.

I choose life

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LEADERSHIP

February 27, 2013 at 12:01 pm.

For many of you this is not a new idea.

Aging pushes churches to fiscal brink

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mergering, multi-cultural

February 25, 2013 at 4:11 pm.

Some aging congregations are mergering with younger, multi-cultural congregations in order to stay alive. By Jeff Brumley Things were looking bleak for Orange Grove Baptist Church and its aging membership when Greg Shoemaker arrived as its pastor about a year ago. Located just north of Pascagoula, Miss., the congregation and community around it had been […]

For aging religious leaders, is it still ‘till death us do part’?

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February 25, 2013 at 4:02 pm.

By Adelle M. Banks (RNS) When aging religious leaders reach the top echelons of temporal and spiritual power, their followers have a certain expectation: Till death us do part. But Pope Benedict XVI’s surprise resignation has shifted that calculus, prompting introspection about traditional understandings of religions’ senior management and when, if and how to let […]