By Malcolm Freberg Open the door for non-cash donations, and skyrocket your church’s end-of-year giving Every church depends on end-of-year generosity to kickstart its coming year of ministry. Research confirms that more donations arrive in December than any other month of the year — and because you already know this, chances are that you’re […]
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With a title like that, I’m sure you’re hooked and can’t wait to keep reading. You might be saying, “What’s with all the acronyms, and why should I care?” I’m glad you asked, and I hope you’ll stick with me. SMS stands for Short Message Service, which is the technical term for text messaging. SMS […]
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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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Why similar organizations experience very different outcomes By Jon Barron A ministry has a major water loss over a weekend. The policy responds. Adjusters are assigned. Mitigation begins. On paper, the organization is covered. By Monday morning, however, the harder questions are operational: Where will programs meet? Who speaks to staff, donors, residents, parents, or […]
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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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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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Why the Church must champion real human connection in an age of loneliness By Denise Craig, CAE, CCA Walk into any airport, coffee shop or college campus today and you’ll see something both fascinating and heartbreaking: people talking to their phones. They’re not scrolling, not texting, but talking. On the other end of that conversation […]
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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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By Ania Norori “The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty.” (Proverbs 21:5,NIV) This scripture, attributed to Solomon, is as true now as it was when it was written thousands of years ago. Every week, pastors minister to their congregations spiritually, but many are silently aware of church […]
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