By partnering with Learning Care to establish a Pathways Learning Academy, Northview Church transformed underused weekday space into a full-day early education and childcare facility — expanding its community reach, generating revenue for ministry, and keeping church staff focused on what they do best. By RaeAnn Slaybaugh “Our mission is ‘making Jesus known,’ and […]
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Why policies alone do not produce consistent outcomes By Jon Barron A ministry has an employee handbook with policies for leave, conduct, accommodations, reporting concerns, and corrective action. The policies were approved, stored and shared. Everyone assumes they provide control. Then a real situation comes up. One supervisor follows the handbook closely. Another makes an […]
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To realize its ideal expanded campus, Grace Bible Church pivoted on an uncertain project, unified its people (physically and spiritually), and created all the space the next generation could want By RaeAnn Slaybaugh When Grace Bible Church moved from downtown Nacogdoches, Texas, to a site beside the local university in 1950 — 10 years […]
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CFX 2026 brings church leaders and ministry teams together for practical education on everything from building projects and technology to safety, content and leadership. Church Executive: The format for this year’s CFX is two co-located conferences: the Church Production Conference and Worship Facility Conference. What are the primary differences between them? Jim Wagner: Oh, […]
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Andy Stanley is a bestselling author, communicator, and founder of North Point Ministries. In his latest book, What Great Leaders Do: 7 Essentials for Enduring Impact, he distills decades of leadership experience into seven essential practices that create strong leaders, healthy organizations, and lasting influence. Andy Stanley on the leadership tensions that quietly derail churches—and […]
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Why ministry readiness begins with the ordinary, not the extraordinary By Chris Atkins Ask a church safety team what they train for, and many will say the active shooter. Walk with that same team through a real year, and you will almost never see one. You will see a great deal of everything else. In […]
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By Frank Sheldone It has become an unfortunate fact of life that church services have become targets for some people seeking to harm others. In 2025 alone, three places of worship — in Michigan, Minnesota and Kentucky — were targeted by active shooters. These events remain rare, and they do not mean churches should fear […]
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LESS CHASING, MORE STEWARDSHIP Simplifying church finance without losing accountability Church Executive: Why do churches struggle to simplify accounting without sacrificing completeness? Adam Alphin: Church finance is complex because churches are managing funds, not one pool of money. Operations, missions, building projects, youth, benevolence and other restricted purposes all need to be tracked so each […]
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Why humility and wisdom should go hand in hand As someone who considers himself a quasi-IT “professional,” I’ll admit something many of us in technology probably won’t say out loud: we can sometimes come across as a bit … all-knowing. You know the look — slight head tilt, confident nod, maybe a quiet sigh when […]
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(Above, left to right) Kingdom Kids Director Mary Tod Braswell; Ministry Coordinator Sarah Miranda; Worship + Communications Pastor Reid Work; Youth Director Hunter Stonebraker; Lead Designer Mary Kate Kitsmiller; Assimilations Coordinator + Interim Kingdom Kids Coordinator Logan Hunt; College + Young Adult Director Caleb Anderson; Teaching Pastor Will Campbell Six years ago, Reid Work and […]
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