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How Do You Get Attenders To Read Your Emails? - Unit 6
Are your attenders actually opening your emails? There’s a big difference between receiving an email and actually opening it. In this training, we’ll outline some quick tips to help you boost your open rates. To see the rest of the "Communications for Churches" course, click here!...
Creative
What Is Spoken Gospel?
Spoken Gospel is a non-profit digital media ministry that speaks the Gospel out of every corner of Scripture to every corner of the world. They produce creative introduction videos for every book of the Bible using spoken word poetry to tell the story and theme of that book. They strive to help peop...
General
Several Speakers on One Weekend
Several times a year, Life.Church pastors and leaders 'team teach' with Pastor Craig. Team teaching allows you to take the baton from Pastor Craig and preach your own portion of the message. On Open, we provide flexibility for you to participate in team-teach or not. To participate, use the 'opening...
Leadership
Good Social Media or a Prideful Heart?
We know God opposes the proud. But some forms of social media seem to have redefined what pride is and what it’s not. For example: Imagine if I stood before our church and repeated things I had heard others say: “Joe Smith said, ‘Pastor Craig, you are the best preacher ever! Your sermons change...
Messages
Message Support: Developing New Speakers with Team Teaching
Several times a year, Life.Church campus pastors and other staff 'team teach' with Pastor Craig. Team teaching allows you to take the baton from Pastor Craig during a series and create your own portion of the message. It's a great opportunity to flex your teaching muscles or empower a new speaker to...
Youth
Lesson Learned: People Before Policies
In any ministry—especially kid's ministry—there are often too many rules and policies to keep track of, and it's easy to get bogged down by all the procedures. If and when that happens, take stock of your priorities and bring it to God. If the rules and policies are getting in the way of safe, meani...
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: Travel Light
When the weight of the world is on your shoulders, it can feel like you’re going nowhere in a hurry. Shake off the burdens of stress, worry, and regret and find the freedom that comes when you Travel Light. Join us as we talk with Life.Church Campus Pastor Tim Knox about how you can use this seri...
Leadership
Four Tips for Following Through on Goals
At Life.Church, we’re not just big on goals. We’re big on accomplishing goals. Here are a few tips to not only help you get started but to help you follow through: Review throughout the year. Consistently tracking your progress goes a long way toward keeping your goal off the backburner. Loo...
Creative
Church Social Media: YouTube
YouTube is a go-to for many people, and it’s the second largest search engine, behind Google. Knowing that many people are searching YouTube to answer their common questions, how can we as the Church best utilize this platform? YouTube Strategies for Churches • Use short-form videos to drive peo...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: How Effective Leaders Handle Criticism, Part 2
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! In our last episode, we talked about how to minimize criticism. In this episode, let’s dive in to understanding our critics. All critics are not created equal. Some criticize just to point out problems— some point out problems s...
Leadership
How to Have a Strong Developmental Conversation
At some point in your leadership, you’ll encounter a staff member or volunteer who isn’t cutting it. And if you’re a part of any growing organization, your organization is eventually going to outgrow someone on your team. The hard part, especially for those of us who are spiritual leaders, is that...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Leading Up, Part 2
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! In this episode, we're going to continue to tackle our listeners' most commonly asked question: "How do I lead when I'm not in charge?" In Part 1, we discussed the first two (honor and timing) of five things that matter when you’re leadin...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Sharpening Your Communication Skills, Part 1
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! If you’re a leader, you probably also want to improve as a speaker. Most of us see video of ourselves and get depressed because we’re not as good as we think we are. Today, we’ll discuss a few ways we can sharpen our communication skills...
Online Ministry
Church Online Playbook: Leveraging Facebook Groups
Download the complete playbook for free here. Let’s Reach the World Together: A step-by-step process to build community and reach more people online. Each week, more than 270,000 people attend Life.Church Online from every country and territory on the map. We’ve celebrated over 100,000 people su...
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