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How to Talk with Teens about Suicide

Teens deal with serious, real-life issues in their day-to-day lives, which is why we aren’t afraid to tackle heavy topics at Switch, our youth ministry at Life.Church. Suicide can be a tough topic to address, but starting the conversation with students might help alleviate some of the stigma and ev...

Setting Capacity and Leader Ratios in LifeKids

Excellence—it guides everything we do at LifeKids. It’s why we created the Excellence Walk Checklist. It’s why we carefully craft our curriculum. It’s why we never settle for “good enough.” And that includes our capacity for kids rooms. We get a lot of questions about how we determine leader-to-ch...

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: How Effective Leaders Handle Criticism, Part 1

Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! If you’re a leader in just about any field, you’re going to have people second-guessing you, tearing you down, and picking you apart. The more you succeed, the more critics you’ll have. Dealing with criticism is a part of leadership. It’...

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: How to Inspire Your Team

Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! According to an IBM study of 1,700 CEOs in 64 countries, one of the top three qualities a leader can possess is the ability to inspire people to action. Employees who work for an inspirational leader are enthused, encouraged, energized,...

Leadership Podcast: Embracing Change, Part 1

Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! The greatest threat to future success is current success. In Embracing Change, Part 1, Craig will discuss the first of three ways to embrace change—if you’re not ready to embrace change, you’re not ready to lead! Download the notes for th...

Leading Your Church Out of Crisis

Pastors, if the way you're leading your church today is similar to your pre-pandemic plan, you probably have a bad plan. Your church has been through two years of extreme trauma. We’ve had countless tragic deaths, political division, ongoing racial tension, economic inconsistencies, and we’re...

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Investing Your Resources the Right Way, Part 2

Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! In this episode, let’s talk about four common allocation mistakes leaders often make, and how we can avoid those mistakes to invest our resources the right way. 1. Static resource allocation. One way people describe insanity is “doing t...

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Strengthening a Struggling Team

Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! There’s nothing like being on an amazing, focused and passionate team. There’s no limit to what can be accomplished when it doesn’t matter who gets the credit. Unfortunately, it’s way more common to be on a Struggling Team. A struggl...

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Creating an Empowering Culture, Part 1

Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! Today, we’ll talk about how empowering your team matters more than you can imagine. You may have a good product, a good strategy, a good plan, and a good vision, but without an empowering culture, your organization will always struggle....

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Leading Up, Part 1

Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! In this episode, we're going to tackle our listeners' most commonly asked question: "How do I lead when I'm not in charge?" Why is this question so important? Because no organization will ever be what it could be without honest, upward co...

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Creating an Empowering Culture, Part 2

Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! Last month, we talked about how important both clarity and trust are in creating an empowering culture. In today’s episode, we’ll build on that idea a little more. What we value determines what we do. The number one force that shapes...

Balancing the Modern and Traditional at Christmas

Many churches work hard to be culturally relevant—modern, vibrant, innovative. But during a traditional holiday like Christmas, how do you balance being modern with the tradition people expect. We chatted with a Life.Church Campus Pastor about how he answers that question for worship, clothing, deco...

Creative Media: Celebrating 20 Years

The Life.Church brand update coincided with our 20 year anniversary in 2016, and we had a blast celebrating everything God has done. Perhaps the most poignant thing about our rebranding process was realizing how the brand isn’t just art elements that we create. The brand actually embodies the Life....

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...

Preschool Curriculum & Bible App for Kids: A Perfect Match

We want our preschool-aged children to be more than entertained during church—we want them to really learn about Jesus and the Bible. So, we created a two-year curriculum that works hand-in-hand with...

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