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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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When AI becomes a companion

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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FROM SURVIVAL MODE TO SCALABLE MINISTRY

(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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COMPASS CHRISTIAN CHURCH: Expanding with intention + focusing on continuity

  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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Teaching financial literacy to congregations

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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CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH OWASSO: When your building starts fighting your mission, it’s time to rebuild for real ministry

  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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CHRISTIAN CAMPING: Camp Leaders Taking Steps to Protect Kids

  By Kimberlee Norris and Gregory Love When the school year winds down and temperatures heat up, parents begin to think about summer activities for their children. As one of the most iconic summer pastimes in America, summer camp is at the top of the list. In evaluating Christian camps, parents often look at programs […]

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AN EARLY ADOPTER FOR SEAMLESS CONNECTION

  When Catalyst Church’s Next Generation Director helped test a new workflows feature, the result was a more unified system for managing data, follow-up and discipleship. By RaeAnn Slaybaugh If Megan Hinesley — a former educator — were a student in her own classroom, she’d be the first to raise her hand to volunteer. That […]

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VETTING YOUR LENDING OPTIONS

Before a building or renovation project, church leaders should understand borrowing capacity — and why speaking with a direct lender matters. By Dan Mikes Scripture calls church leaders to demonstrate faithful stewardship. Today, that includes navigating budget constraints, as well as evolving giving habits and complex financial decisions.  One of those financial decisions is whether […]

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CHOOSING BETWEEN ESTATE PLANNING APPS & ATTORNEYS

By Alex Kim, CFP®, MBA, CPA In today’s digital age, it seems there’s an app for almost everything — including estate planning. With just a few clicks, platforms like LegalZoom and Quicken WillMaker & Trust promise to help you draft a will, assign power of attorney, or even create a living trust, all from the […]

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