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Churches are as engaged in the issue of immigration in this country as are other groups, many doing quiet, steady work and providing dialog and attempting resolution that goes well beyond the public clamor that adds little to a real solution.

Two schools of thought on paying musicians

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band, budget, church, employee, music, musicians, salary, staff, worship

October 1, 2009 at 2:49 pm.

In a recent ministry blog, a pastor wrote, “One thing that really bothers me is having to pay musicians to play in worship. My worship leader insists that since they are professional musicians we have to pay them.

When being an unbeliever qualifies you for a church job

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church, Church Growth, Communication, consulting, LEADERSHIP, management, mystery shopper, visitor

October 1, 2009 at 11:18 am.

“Get Paid to Go to Church.” This headline appears in classified ads all over Missouri, and it’s catching the attention of unchurched individuals everywhere. It’s not a gimmick or a scam. It’s a mystery visitor program designed to provide feedback to church leaders on how their worship services are experienced by first-time visitors.

The CE Interview: Miles McPherson

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adminstrator, Carrie Prejean, church, Communication, LEADERSHIP, management, organization, proposition 8, same-sex, The Rock Church

October 1, 2009 at 11:14 am.

It’s something of an irony that Miles McPherson some three decades ago wasn’t much the “marrying kind,” but today can say, as he did in a recent blog, “I am for traditional marriage as God designed it, because it is the model that honors His original and eternal intent.”

HIGH CALLING

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church, economy, FINANCE, retirement

October 1, 2009 at 10:32 am.

After my father died 20 years ago, I went to my parents’ safe deposit box at the local bank to see what might be there for mother’s financial support. For 40 years and one month of his work life he helped make Hershey milk chocolate and saved what he could.

The CE Interview: Erwin W. Lutzer

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September 1, 2009 at 1:41 pm.

The Moody Church and its founder in 1864, Dwight L. Moody, are as recognizable in Christian life and work as any church in the country. In a long line of outstanding preachers, Erwin W. Lutzer marks 30 years in that pastorate this fall, with only a thought of retirement any time soon as he turns 67 next month.

Annual reports are as much for the church as for business today

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adminstrator, annual report, budget, business, church, Communication, congregation, economy, FINANCE, financial, LEADERSHIP, money, pastors, performance, personnel, review, savings

September 1, 2009 at 11:11 am.

No doubt as investors or participants in an employer’s 401(k)or IRA retirement fund, many congregants are used to perusing financial statements that affect them. They may or may not understand the fine details, but many a financial advisor has remarked at how good people can be at getting to the bottom line.

TAKE A STAND

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abortion, church, community, cultural, culture, LEADERSHIP, social movement

September 1, 2009 at 7:58 am.

I was graduated from college in the early 1960s and immediately got a job in community newspaper journalism, never thinking that maybe some larger cause might require my presence and passions. But I wasn’t an activist, not even for racial justice that was then still being played out in Southern cities at drug store counters and far worse situations.

BOOKS GALORE

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books, budget, church, Communication, management, market, pastor, publish, publisher, staff

August 1, 2009 at 10:24 am.

How did you spend your Memorial Day weekend? With family and friends I trust, or cleaning the garage? I devoted a number of hours to making sense of my den that doubles as a library — 40 running feet of books, most of them church and management titles collected over 15 years.