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How to adjust to multiple services: 8 tips

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Church Growth, church planting, Church Strategy, Family Life, LEADERSHIP, missions, New Vintage Church, Personal, Preaching

December 3, 2014 at 11:33 am.

How can preachers make adjustments that better prepare them for the transition from one to multiple services? I’ve been a part of such a transition numerous times, and made the transition from two to three, and three to four. I’ve also had to make adjustments for seasons that included preaching live in multiple venues and multiple locations on Sundays. Each season required me to make adjustments — physically, personally and vocationally. While my experience is that the jump from two to three services requires the most adjusting — the jump from one to two services also requires substantial adjustments.
Here are some things I’ve found.

What to expect if you’re a church’s first Millennial pastor

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Church leadership, Leadership lessons, Millennial leadership, Millennial pastors

December 1, 2014 at 10:26 am.

A big wave is coming towards the church. It’s the swell of retiring Boomer pastors. Most Boomer pastors are currently between the ages of 50 and 68. They won’t all retire at once, so this wave won’t crash into the church like a tsunami. However, I don’t believe the North American church is prepared to replace these pastors.

Judicial Watch sues Internal Revenue Service for records about IRS monitoring of churches

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church IRS, church IRS compliance, IRS lawsuit, IRS monitoring

December 1, 2014 at 10:13 am.

July lawsuit settlement with atheist group, IRS admits monitoring churches for allegedly illegal political activity

7 tips: how to inspire the joy of giving this season

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Charitable Giving, Church fundraising, church generosity, Church gifts, generosity, Giving

December 1, 2014 at 9:00 am.

With more than one-third of all charitable giving happening at the end of the year, this is an important time for churches and ministries to double-check their stewardship practices.

Aligning budget with vision

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CFO, Chief Financial Officer, church budgeting, church CFO, Church Finance, Church leadership, LEADERSHIP

December 1, 2014 at 9:00 am.

In 2002, Christina Borja accepted an office manager job at National Community Church (NCC) thinking she’d keep at it for six months to a year. But the position developed and soon she was helping lead pastor Mark Batterson with the books. Under her financial leadership, NCC’s annual budget has grown from $200,000 in 2004 to $7.3 million this year.

Designing Worship Areas: Laying the foundation

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designing worship areas, FACILITIES, sanctuary architecture, sanctuary design, worship space architecture, worship space design

December 1, 2014 at 9:00 am.

Beginning a seven-part series on worship space design can be a bit intimidating. There are so many avenues to consider, so many topics to discuss, and so many variables which can create completely different outcomes.The most important concept to communicate throughout this series is this: Every church is different. Each church has a DNA which must be honored. This DNA is made up of several factors, or lenses.

The stewardship of space

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church room dividers, flexible multipurpose spaces, maximizing church space, multi worship area, multipurpose spaces

December 1, 2014 at 9:00 am.

Common sense and economics dictate that if you can make better use of your church’s existing multipurpose space, you can avoid costly building programs. The result is more money to fund your growing ministries.

Multipurpose church design isn’t a trend — it’s a tradition

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Church Construction, Church design, church multipurpose, multipurpose design

December 1, 2014 at 9:00 am.

In the early days, when settlers would start a new community in America, one of the first structures they built was the church. Today, the tradition continues as more and more churches create their own communities within their local communities.

Retirement plan investment choices — less really “is” more

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Church Finance, Human Resources, LEADERSHIP, pastor finance, Retirement planning

December 1, 2014 at 9:00 am.

In today’s increasingly tech-savvy environment — in which so many people own smartphones and tablets and maintain a social media presence — there is a tendency to think that a smorgasbord of choices is desirable. This is not the case when it comes to the fund choices your church offers its employees in their 401(k) and 403(b) retirement plans.

Church Executive Roundtable: Church Management Systems & Software (Part 2)

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church CMS, church software, church systems, management software

December 1, 2014 at 12:00 am.

This summer — at the National Association of Church Business Administration (NACBA) annual conference — Church Executive hosted a live roundtable on a timely topic: church management systems and software. Several high-level ChMS executives joined together to share their expertise.