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Leadership
Don’t Fight Back
Some criticism of our ministries will be valid. Others will come from partially informed people who might never understand or endorse our philosophy of ministry. With the explosion of online critics, it is tempting to jump into a conversation to tell your side of the story. While there might be...
Giving & Finance
The "Take Back Out" Offering Explained
“If anyone is in crisis and is in need of food, clothing, or shelter, when the offering bucket passes by, you have permission to reach in and allow God to meet your need.” It can be surprising when Life.Church pastors encourage those in need to take money out of the offering bucket instead of puttin...
Giving & Finance
The Take Back Offering
At Life.Church, one of our values is irrational generosity. But what does it mean to be irrationally generous? If we’re giving something away that goes above and beyond what’s expected, that’s probably a good start. One of the things first-time attenders might be surprised by is something we call t...
Church Planting
How to Get First Time Visitors to Come Back
In this video Mike Santiago, Lead Pastor of Focus Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, shares about getting new people connected to your church. This is called an assimilation process and it maps out the steps someone takes from the first time they visit to getting connected to the community....
Messages
Message Support: "Words to Live By"
Your thoughts can hold you back, push you down, and feed you lies. But they can also lift you up! Is it time for you to change the way you’re thinking? Start with something simple—let’s find some Words to Live By. Join us for this Message Support video where we look at this stand-alone message fro...
Leadership
The New Normal: Physical + Online Ministry
Online ministry is not just an alternative or backup to physical ministry. It's a complement to the work already happening in your church—stretching your in-person ministries into online effectiveness. Watch this four-minute video from Pastor Sam Roberts, Campus Operations and Leadership for Life.Ch...
Leadership
Create a Welcoming Environment for New Guests
It only takes seven seconds in a new environment for a guest to decide whether they’ll come back, so this means your parking lot and lobby are critical for your Christmas services. Learn tips for using your space to connect people to Jesus....
Messages
Message Support: Overcomer
Stare down your fears, shatter your insecurities, and shake off the apathy that tries to hold you back. You’re not a prisoner—you’re an Overcomer. This four-week series tackles some of the unseen issues that we all deal with: comparison, apathy, labels, and fear. Through Christ, we can overcome all...
Messages
Message Support: "Bad Advice"
“How did I end up here?” Behind every mess of harmful habits and rough relationships, we can look back and see where we got off track. Help your attenders untangle their lives by learning how to avoid Bad Advice. Topics covered include drifting from God, addiction, adultery, and dissatisfaction....
Multi-site
The Beginning of Multi-site
Innovation happens where passion meets constraints. At first, it's a strange concept, but we've found that when you're backed up against a wall, you come up with some of your most ingenious solutions. For us, being constrained by a budget and a growing congregation forced us to think about alternati...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Six Steps to Your Best Year of Leadership, Part 2
If you missed Part 1 of Six Steps to Your Best Year of Leadership, we encourage you to go back and listen. Every month, Craig Groeschel delivers a new podcast about leadership, growth, and development. Find more resources for this episode—like the Leader Guide—at the official Craig Groeschel Leade...
Kids
Facebook Live: Creating a Great Experience for Families
We want to create an experience for families that's so warm, fun, safe, and memorable that they want to come back to church again and again. In this training, we talk with LifeKids team members about their best tips for creating a welcoming environment for new kids and families. You can also downloa...
Worship
Worship Recording Tips: Building the Plane in the Air
For our first live-recording project, we had to learn a few things as we went. One was that live recordings aren't as easily controlled as studio recordings, so we had to go back and do a little post-production polishing. We learned a lot from other ministries like Elevation Church that have gone be...
Leadership
The Timing of Feedback
Not only do you want to ask the right people the right questions, but you’ll also want to do it at the right time. I see three different times when feedback is valuable: 1) Before the event Most leaders I know look for feedback on the back end. I crave it on the front end. Each week bef...
Leadership
What the Church Should Learn from Google
Most of us would say Google is pretty big. Eighteen years after it launched its search engine, it is one of the top 10 most well-known brands in the world. But despite how big it’s become, Google’s leaders continue to think bigger. Instead of looking back at what they’ve accomplished, they look ou...
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