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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Examining engaging design at Pleasant Valley Community Church in Owensboro, Ky. By RaeAnn Slaybaugh When Pleasant Valley Community Church Executive Pastor Jay Mills began looking for a partner to help expand and accommodate rapid growth, he already knew who he wanted to call. Mills had known Rodney James, founder and president of Master’s Plan […]
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Architecture That Tells the Story By RaeAnn Slaybaugh By 2015, Church of the Incarnation needed more space on its historic Dallas campus. That was clear. Yet, when this demand was answered — with the completion of 60,000 square feet of added ministry space — the new spaces didn’t look “added on.” In fact, some people […]
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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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By Brianne Shaw It wasn’t part of the program. It happened off to the side at a conference, between sessions, the kind of moment where someone finally says what they’ve actually been thinking. “I want this,” a pastor told me. “I just can’t figure out how to use AI.” He wasn’t skeptical. He wasn’t pushing […]
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LifePoint Church’s Tiny Town, Tenn., campus showcases the value of pairing strategic planning with collaborative design-build leadership — and a clear understanding of local culture. By RaeAnn Slaybaugh When Mike Burnette talks about church growth, it’s worth listening. When it comes to major church building and expansion projects — something many pastors do […]
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ELEVATE YOUR MINISTRY LEADERSHIP COMPETENCY Here is a place where you belong! Are you ready to move from day-to-day management to visionary, kingdom-building leadership? As a Church Executive reader, you already know the unique pressures of leading a modern ministry. Managing staff, balancing budgets, and maintaining spiritual alignment requires more than standard business strategies. It […]
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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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When Compass Christian Church first engaged Goff Companies in 2013, the immediate challenge was obvious: the church was running out of room. At the time, the Colleyville, Texas-based church was already experiencing rapid growth. The original campus occupied three corners of a major intersection, while a growing campus in Roanoke was meeting in a […]
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By RaeAnn Slaybaugh By the time Dr. Clayton Chisum arrived at Central Baptist Church in Owasso, Okla., in early 2020, conversations about facilities had been happening for months. The church had good people. Ministry was happening. The campus itself had “great bones,” as Chisum puts it. But there was also a growing realization that […]
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