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Online Ministry
Church Online: Simulated Live Versus Live
When launching your church online experience, your church will want to decide if your services will be live or simulated live. Watch this clip from a recent Facebook Live to hear Jordan and Life.Church Online Pastor Alan George share the difference between the two....
Messages
Message Support: Things Jesus Never Said
Jesus shared a lot of wisdom in the Bible. And lately, He also seems to share a ton on Instagram, on screen-printed mugs, and in those images your aunt posts on Facebook, too. But how much of it is true? Where’s the line between what He actually told us, and the Things Jesus Never Said? Jesus cam...
Communications
Coaching Others Through Your Edits
Taking the time to coach others on the edits you make on their work has proven to be a worthwhile practice for us. It is mutually beneficial because it gives our Communications team the opportunity to serve other teams, and it allows other teams to become better communicators....
Worship
Fully Devoted: Recording Live or in the Studio
What's the purpose of your project? It's a simple question, but it will help guide the creation of any new asset you're creating for your ministry. When it came to recording "Fully Devoted" to celebrate the 20 year anniversary of Life.Church, we knew that the purpose could be better served by record...
Leadership
Think Ahead: Anticipate on Purpose
Successful people are often great at anticipating—the needs of others, the trends of the future, and the next steps that need to be taken. Make it a priority to intentionally practice anticipation in the following ways: • If you want to be promoted as an assistant, anticipate how you can bet...
Leadership
Church Culture Conference: Building Multiplier Habits
Heidi Brandow explores how to recognize Accidental Diminisher behaviors and create new Multiplier practices. Learn how leaders can zoom out to see the entire chain of behavior. Understand why we do what we do, what triggers Diminisher behaviors and how to use those triggers as cues for Multiplier pr...
Leadership
The Imaginary Deadline
For years, I struggled with managing my time effectively. One tool that has dramatically increased my effectiveness is the “imaginary deadline.” If I’ve got a project without a deadline, it’s easy to procrastinate or work halfheartedly. But, when an assignment has a hard deadline, I start faste...
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Youth
Life Revealed Training
Life Revealed is a 9 part series that journeys through the narrative of Luke and Acts, provokes curiosity around the person of Jesus, and creates an accessible way for young people to read and understand scripture. View these trainings as a tool to help prepare your staff and your leaders before lau...
Online Ministry
Continuing Online Ministry
Many churches, maybe even yours, were forced to begin online ministry within the matter of days as COVID-19 began to shut church doors. Church Online Platform has seen an impact like never before on people that had yet to hear the word of the Gospel prior to COVID-19. Hear these stories from Church...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Secrets of Superior Decision-Making
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! The small decisions we make every day have a bigger impact on our success than a few big ones. In today's episode, let's take a look at some of the ways we can all improve in our decision-making. Our generation has a growing problem with...
Creative
Audio Tutorial: Basics of Sound Engineering
It’s sometimes easy to forget there are two components to Audio/Visual. In order to capture great material, it’s important to strive for excellence in both parts of the process. Even if you capture amazing video, lousy audio results will wreck your final product. The training videos here feature qu...
Communications
Communications: Feedback Is a Gift
In any team, constructive feedback is necessary...and healthy. Humbling ourselves to listen to and learn from our coworkers is a key to creating excellent communication. And when you're the person giving feedback, let your team know that you're all on the same side of the table; feedback shouldn't b...
Leadership
The Death of the Five-Year Plan
When I started in ministry two decades ago, everyone I knew was making five-year plans. While thoughtful planning is wise and biblical, I’ve changed how I plan. Instead of planning for specific buildings, campuses, staff roles, and outreach, I plan to be prepared for opportunities that I can’t...
Youth
It's All About Relationships
Allyson Evans NextGen Central Group Leader, Life.Church Allyson is passionate about leading our next generation to become fully devoted followers of Christ through partnerships with parents and volunteers. Her team provides vision, direction, training, and resources to all Life.Church campus...
Leadership
Leadership Podcast: The Six Types of Leaders, Part 1
Welcome to the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast. If you're a podcast subscriber, you can find the videos and notes in a few places like YouTube, craiggroeschelbooks.com, and here on Open, the home of free Life.Church resources. For this first podcast, I’ll discuss five kinds of leaders an...
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