Featured Ebook
Selecting the Right Bus for Your Church
Leading church transportation experts help you choose wisely + ensure that bus operation and maintenance are safe and risk-free
Architecture & Design
Q&A: Christian school design
If starting a school is on your church’s horizon, you’ll appreciate the advice of these two knowledgeable architecture experts.
Design Trends to Watch: 2018
Two experienced architects discuss emerging (& expiring) trends -- including multisite & multi-generational design strategies
How to Keep Your Design Within Budget
How to avoid cost overruns; building the building team; keeping the timeline on track
Children's Spaces
Is your facility too hot, too cold, or just right? 5 proven strategies to achieve the right mix
Engaging Spaces
How to ensure a truly engaging worship space, by design
CHURCH FACILITIES: Building & Construction
How to relocate without losing members, stay on time & on budget, and renovate without regrets
Capital Stewardship & Generosity
In Sync & On Target
How giving consistency -- across multiple campuses -- drives better ministry, increased magnanimity & more efficient church management
Capital Stewardship Success Stories
How 4 pastors -- with 4 different church growth & building projects -- funded their visions, raising between $5 million and $24 million+
Planned Giving
What it is, how it works, and the results your church can expect
Intelligent Church Giving
3 ways to engage Millennial givers; why creating a generous culture starts with the pastor; bridging the gap between the business office and the pastoral…
Fully Funded, FINALLY
Fully funding the operating budget with digital giving; 5 surprising facts about church giving; growing giving by 372% over three years
Creating a Culture of Generosity (Vol. 2)
Mobile giving for multisites; using giving data for ministry; how mobile giving cuts staff time & heartache -- and more
Creating a Culture of Generosity
Engaging first-time givers; 3 myths about church giving technology; best practices for reaching budget goals
Church Communication
Cloud-Based, Cost-Effective Church Communications
Why moving your phone system to the cloud makes so much sense -- plus, member-, guest- and seeker-friendly strategies
Finance
Church Investment Solutions
Making the case for church investments; why good governance = good giving; the problem with managing cash
Financial Management for Christian Schools
Best practices for starting a Christian school; navigating the process; 3 common "balancing acts" to be aware of
Church Financial Wellness
Debt management, estate planning, retirement planning, interviewing strategies, budget planning & more
Finances & Administration for Church Leaders
Negotiating compensation; planning for retirement; year-end tax & portfolio planning -- and much more
HR & Staff Management
Administrative Best Practices for Church Leaders
4 critical areas of focus: • Health insurance • Disaster relief • Retirement planning • Social Security
Employment Law Pitfalls
Your most pressing questions about wrongful termination, harassment and discrimination lawsuits in churches, answered
Church Hiring & Staff Management
Leadership that goes the distance; 5 ways to recruit and retain the right people
Lifetime Learning
Making Continuing Education Work for Busy Pastors
Online & satellite MDiv, DMin options you should know about
Continuing Education (Presented by: Hood Theological Seminary)
The pursuit of advanced education: perspectives from full-time pastors -- plus, social relevance training
LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR PASTORS: A Remote Roundtable Discussion
3 continuing education experts examine the most in-demand offerings -- plus, making them work with pastors’ demanding schedules
Mission: Accomplished
COLLIN LUCAS & CORNERSTONE FELLOWSHIP OF LIVERMORE: Bigger vision = better alignment + larger lending needs
How Lucas' secular business background has proven instrumental in helping build -- and fund intelligently -- the church’s rapidly expanding infrastructure
CLAY SCROGGINS & NORTH POINT COMMUNITY CHURCH: Leveraging influence at every level
The author of "How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge: Leveraging Influence When You Lack Authority" talks about leading left, right & up
BOB CHURCH & SAGEBRUSH CHURCH: Funding expansion with fluidity, familiarity
Eleven years of "explosive" growth at Sagebrush has created a need for creative, flexible lending options.
RICK LORIMER & CHRIST PLACE CHURCH: Beating the construction budget -- and exceeding expectations
How transparency, ministry experience, integrity -- and a lot of patience! -- delivered a $7.2-million church construction project under budget
Pastor-Friendly A/V
Pastor-Friendly A/V Integration
Technology is one of your biggest line items -- so, choose wisely
Risk Management
Never Again: Beyond Insurance (Volume 3)
How to protect your church when enlisting outside providers; overseeing youth; a 6-step process to moving "beyond insurance"
Saved by the Sensor!
5 tech experts explain (in plain English) how these little, easy-to-install innovations can save your church's life -- or, at the very least, its budget
Never Again: Beyond Insurance (Volume 2)
Risk management strategies for volunteer labor -- plus, risk avoidance, risk retention & risk control
Never Again (Volume 1)
Defining "risk control"; preventing sexual misconduct; balancing religious freedom and employment rights ... and much more
Transportation
Selecting the Right Bus for Your Church
Leading church transportation experts help you choose wisely + ensure that bus operation and maintenance are safe and risk-free