Alert leaders crucial in crises
Congregational crises come in all forms and occasions:
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Retail can be a viable source of church income
If operated as a business — with trained staff, best practices and a clear purpose.
Read More >Training cuts lawsuit impact
A crucial part of the church’s training program should include the prevention
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Retreat centers a good place to meet God
Participants don’t want to ‘rough it’ as much, look for comforts of home.
Read More >Using high-capacity leaders well
How one church in the Silicon Valley is extra-blessed with high-potential volunteers — and how you can be, too.
Read More >Aging pushes churches to fiscal brink
Some aging congregations are mergering with younger, multi-cultural congregations in order to stay alive. By Jeff Brumley Things were looking bleak for Orange Grove Baptist Church and its aging membership when Greg Shoemaker arrived as its pastor about a year ago. Located just north of Pascagoula, Miss., the congregation and community around it had been […]
Read More >For aging religious leaders, is it still ‘till death us do part’?
By Adelle M. Banks (RNS) When aging religious leaders reach the top echelons of temporal and spiritual power, their followers have a certain expectation: Till death us do part. But Pope Benedict XVI’s surprise resignation has shifted that calculus, prompting introspection about traditional understandings of religions’ senior management and when, if and how to let […]
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