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Operations
Meaningful and Organized: Baptism Weekends at Life.Church
Baptism is one of the most memorable moments in the life of a believer. They’ve made the decision to follow Christ, and they’re ready to show the world what God has done. It’s a beautiful symbol of dying to their old life and being made into a new creation. Since it’s such a special occasion, we wa...
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...
Missions
How to Neighbor: CarePortal
At Life.Church, we believe the local church is the hope of the world. That’s because the church isn’t just a building. The “capital C” Church is all about showing Christ’s love through its people. Scripture specifically calls us to care for orphans and widows (James 1:27). We looked closely at...
Leadership
The Other Side
Romans 8:28 offers the amazing promise of God bringing good out of all situations for those who love Him and are called according to His purpose. I’ve watched God bring good on the other side of many difficult times. Today, I’ll talk about the other side of financial trials. One month, out of n...
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...
Leadership
Micro Churches, Mega Vision
I love to challenge myself to think about things from a different perspective, especially things I’ve taken at face value. For years, when people referenced our church, Life.Church, as a megachurch, I never gave the term a second thought: I simply thought it meant a big church. Upon more reflection,...
Creative
Creative Media: Beauty by Hand
Here on Open, there are a lot of original resources to browse and download—all of them created by our in-house pastors, videographers, writers, and designers. Let's take a look behind the scenes at the creation of one of our images…and it didn’t involve genius-level Photoshop skills. One of our...
Leadership
Be Unreasonable
I bet you have heard this many times: “be reasonable.” Truthfully, under many circumstances, “be reasonable” is sound advice—but not always. As Christian leaders, there are some times to be unreasonable. • When you pray, you might ask God to do something most would consider impossible or unrea...
Kids
Balancing Three Types of Excellence
We want to be excellent in every way, but sometimes we can't do it all. Aesthetic, Execution, and Relational are three types of excellence we believe are needed to be well-balanced in order to provide our attendees with the best experience possible....
Missions
How Can My Church Advocate for Justice Reform?
Are you interested in getting your church involved in justice reform but don't know how? Want to learn more about what your church can do? Watch Prison Fellowship’s webinar: How Can My Church Advocate for Justice Reform?...
Service & Events
Leading Your Staff to Grow at Christmas
It's arguably the biggest weekend of the year, and you and your staff are working extra hours to create a great Christmas experience for your attenders. So, as a pastor, how do you also help your staff have a great Christmas, too? If you have your own ideas and tips about this topic, we'd love to...
Missions
Creating an illumiNations Campaign Strategy for Your Church
Imagine if you tried to share the Gospel with someone, and they couldn’t understand any of the Bible. This is a reality for more than a billion people who still don’t have a complete Bible in their language. And more than 165 million people don’t have even one Bible verse in their language. Life.C...
Leadership
The Summer Slump
Most churches experience a summer slump. This can mean attendance drops, giving slows down, and volunteers don't show up. As leaders, what should we do during down times? Although I can’t answer the question for you specifically, I would say, “Do something intentional!" Here are some ideas t...
Leadership
How Do You Keep Culture Consistent?
Hear from Chris Beall, Campus Pastor at Life.Church Oklahoma City, about intentionally building a strong culture that will stand the test of time. Find the Life.Church core values that Chris mentions here: https://open.life.church/training/97-the-code-what... After you watch the video, ask yoursel...
Communications
What Should Your Church Emails Include? - Unit 5
You’ve probably sent an email to your attenders at some point in your ministry, but you might be wondering…am I doing this right? Are they reading them? Do they even care? In this video, you’re going to hear about our approach to email at Life.Church, and what strategies your church can try to reach...
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