Church is like an airport
Joe Champion leads Celebration Church in Austin, TX, with his wife, Lori.
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Common but costly compensation errors
The issues surrounding compensation for key employees have grown more complex.
Read More >Funding tactics churches can learn from nonprofits
Rethink your approach to financing ministry needs and change the conversation of money in your church.
Read More >Are you too valuable to go on vacation?
What comes to mind when you hear the word vacation?
Read More >Does ‘living epistles’ describe your staff? (part 1)
“You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts” (2 Cor. 3:3).
Read More >Survey finds record 19 percent of religiously unaffiliated Americans
Cathy Lynn Grossman / USA Today (RNS) Unbelief is on the uptick. People who check “None” for their religious affiliation are now nearly one in five Americans (19 percent), the highest ever documented, according to the Pew Center for the People and the Press. The rapid rise of Nones — including atheists, agnostics and those […]
Read More >Collaborate don’t compete
All too often in our local churches when we are putting together agendas, looking to push into new frontiers, recruiting volunteers or putting together annual budgets, we tend to compete with each other.
Read More >The importance of bench depth in ministry
One way churches leave themselves vulnerable in ministry is neglecting “bench depth” development.
Read More >Willow Creek Church among 38 Best Christian Workplaces for 2012
Willow Creek Community Church, located in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, was included on this year’s Best Christian Workplaces list compiled by the Best Christian Workplaces Institute, Mercer Island, WA. The study factors included employee job satisfaction, Christian witness, personal growth and effectiveness, customer satisfaction, and compensation/benefits. “I believe Willow Creek’s best days as a […]
Read More >Charitable Giving Higher for ECFA Members
Contrasts with Decrease in Donations to Religious Charities Overall WINCHESTER, Va. — Cash charitable giving to ECFA members with fiscal years ending in 2011 reflected a modest increase from 2010, the organization announced today. This contrasts with a decrease in giving to religious charities overall, as noted in a recent national report. Giving to ECFA-accredited […]
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