Perspectives on violence in the sanctuary
Graphic images of violent situations are aired hundreds — if not thousands — of times, as major television stations repeatedly play the stories.
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Invest Your Gifts for His Mission
Sutton Turner, executive pastor and an executive elder of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, spent his first 35 years accumulating everything a man could want: a successful business, a beautiful wife and kids, a golf swing, lots of money, and plenty of free time to enjoy the finer things.
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Good Steward Award Winner: Safety & Security / Risk Management
Trinity Fellowship in Amarillo, TX, has 125 volunteers in its usher/sentinel ministry that assist in services and events.
Read More >Spotlight on the second chair
In this issue, Pastor Sutton Turner — executive pastor and an executive elder at Seattle’s Mars Hill Church — talks about his new book, Invest Your Gifts for His Mission, in our “Bookshelf” department. Specifically, the nuances of the executive pastor (XP) role are on the table. I posed some key takeaways to three XPs: […]
Read More >2 reasons your church must be mobile
Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Those two iconic phrases remind me of the rise of social media and mobile access.
Read More >The case for maximizing your space
Sometimes, renovation or expansion makes more sense than new construction.
Read More >3 ways technology can drive facilities-focused capital campaigns
Technology has changed how funds are collected for facilities-focused church capital campaigns. After all, one of the most critical components of any generosity campaign is making it easy to give.
Read More >Obama administration to appeal clergy tax ruling
By Robert Dilday ASSOCIATED BAPTIST PRESS — The Justice Department will appeal a federal court ruling last fall that allowing clergy to avoid paying taxes on a part of their income designated as a housing allowance violates the constitutionally mandated separation of church and state. The department filed a notice of appeal with the Seventh […]
Read More >Divide and conquer
If you look at the definition of “divide and conquer,” you will likely find: “the intentional strategy of maintaining control over others by encouraging dissent and division between them.”
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