Church Executive’s 2nd annual Good Steward Awards nomination deadline is closing September 16th! If you’d like to nominate a church that you feel exemplifies best practices in the areas of FACILITIES, FINANCE, FUNDRAISING, LEADERSHIP, SAFETY & SECURITY, and TECHNOLOGY please visit our website and complete a nomination form and give them the recognition they deserve […]
Read More >DALLAS /Christian Newswire — The inaugural International Faith and Family Film Festival will debut at Bishop T.D. Jakes’ MegaFest 2013 in Dallas, August 29-31, at the Omni Dallas Hotel. The film festival will showcase projects including Fox Searchlight’s “Black Nativity,” Image Entertainment’s “Winnie Mandela” and Sony Pictures Entertainment’s “Heaven is for Real.” Actress Regina King […]
Read More >CHRISTIAN NEWSWIRE — Experiencing meaning and purpose in their work, employees in Christian organizations are witnessing higher levels of engagement than last year. “Our research indicates engagement levels of employees have improved to 53.6 percent versus 47 percent a year ago,” according to Al Lopus, President of the Best Christian Workplaces Institute. “This improvement indicates […]
Read More >The facility story can only go so far. Yes, it can communicate values, mission and passion — but it’s still just a building. Without the human element to augment the facility story, life change is much less likely to occur. In fact, your facility story could be “weak,” and it can be propped up the […]
Read More >The city in which I live is my community, and my neighborhood is my community. I have a community of friends who don’t live in my community. I’m part of a community of church business administrators, both locally and nationally. We can be a part of almost any community we choose, and there are many […]
Read More >PHOENIX/PRNewswire/ — Grand Canyon University has named a new dean to lead its College of Theology. Dr. Jason Hiles joins the university from The Caskey School of Divinity at Louisiana College, where he served as associate dean and assistant professor of Systematic Theology. In addition to his work as an administrator and faculty member, he […]
Read More >Associated Baptist Press News/Jeff Brumley — A Missionary Baptist pastor in Anniston, AL, learned recently that his church faces foreclosure and its building may be auctioned to the highest bidder by the end of the month. The Anniston Star reported Friday that Pastor La’Noan Ealy was shocked by the news, believing the congregation’s efforts to […]
Read More >Associated Baptist Press News/Ken Camp — How can pastors preach on subjects like gun violence without disturbing the peace in their own congregations? “Pastors always tread the tightrope of a prophetic role and that of pastoral care,” said Terry Rosell, ethicist and professor of pastoral theology at Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, KS. […]
Read More >Is the grass really greener on the other side? When you stand in your front yard and look across the street at your neighbor’s lawn, their grass appears to look thick, green and pretty darn good. Have you ever sat at your desk ― or, better yet ,driven down the road ― and looked at […]
Read More >A fewweeks ago, we were exposed to just what little time we have to make a first impression on a guest: 7 seconds. That’s not much time to impact the thoughts and emotional reaction of these guests. Every “touch” point during a guest experience has the opportunity to build on the previous interaction, or to […]
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