Free eBook: Ministers’ Taxes Made Easy
This eBook, with clear explanations of IRS guidelines and step-by-step instructions, is designed to help you prepare your federal tax return and navigate the maze of unique rules for ministers.
God’s Grace: Blessing, Warning or Both?
If all you preach is God’s blessing without the warnings, then your congregation is only hearing half of the truth. You can’t have one without the other!
Church Planting Requires a Home Church
Recently I saw this post on a blog: “The Apostle Paul was never a member of one church and one church only.” The counterpoint to this issue is that, based on Paul’s example, church planting requires a home church.
7 Elements of a Positive Team Culture in Your Church
A positive team culture doesn’t just happen. If you want to have a good start, begin my implementing an easy (but often overlooked) practice with your team—honestly caring about one another.
Pastoral Identity Crisis: Have You Built a Moat Around Yourself?
I’ve found that oftentimes we develop what I call the “ministry guise” as an excuse for just about anything “negative” in our churches. Has a pastoral identity crisis caused you to build a moat around yourself?
Free Infographic: The Perfect Church Homepage
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A Complete Visual Breakdown of the Essential Elements That Every Church Website Homepage Needs. A free resource from Nucleus.
How to Change Things Up & Get Your Church Growing Again
When plateau and church stagnation set in it can be even more difficult to know what to do next. Here are a few things you can do right now to begin to change the trajectory of your church.
3 Reasons Your Church Staff and Volunteer Meetings Aren’t Effective
Regardless of the size of your church, at some point you’ve got to meet with a group of people and communicate information. To make sure your church staff meetings are successful and actually produce the results you’re looking for, consider these ideas.
The Final (and Most Important) Picture of Jesus
In my Christian school classroom, there was an enormous picture of Jesus. At least, it was supposed to be Jesus. It looked like an Olan Mills portrait.
Theology Matters! 7 Checkpoints for Your Congregation’s Health
Evangelicals know that theology matters, and we’re quick to remind others of this fact. What we’re not so quick to acknowledge is that we do a poor job of teaching the very theology we claim is so important.
