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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...
Messages
Message Support: "Making Change"
This training for the four-part series Making Change covers biblical truths about finances, and how to find freedom in a debt-saturated world. Find all the free resources you need to do this message in your church and the message support videos above. Series description: Do your finances bring you...
Worship
Behind the Music: "All Around"
It’s easy to claim the title “Christ follower” when things are going good in our lives. But what do we do when we face true adversity? We look to the cross. The accompanying resources and YouVersion Bible Plan for “All Around” encourage readers to examine the Bible as a growing, living part of God...
Communications
Communication: The Seven Touch Points
Sometimes people ask about our communication strategy for attracting new people to Life.Church and retaining current attenders. Because people are more distracted than ever and going to church less frequently, we want to get them excited about upcoming content so they’ll come (and bring a frien...
Leadership
Riding the Wave
I pray God blesses your ministry at some point with what some call “the wave.” The wave is when God seems to do more than you can handle! During the wave, your buildings aren’t big enough, you can’t hire fast enough, and you’re just hanging on for dear life. Just remember: ●You don’t crea...
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...
Leadership
5 Days of Leadership with Pastor Craig | Day 1: Value-Driven Culture
Day 1: Create a value-driven culture.One of the most important things you can do as a leader in a new year is to evaluate your culture and your values. Your culture is a combination of what you create and what you allow. And, the number one force that shapes your culture is your values. Watch this...
Leadership
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’...
Worship
Worship Team Structure at Life.Church
One of the questions we get here at Life.Church is how we’re able to keep 28 campuses (and counting!) across the country organized and consistent. The truth is that we couldn’t do it without our incredible teams, so we’re very intentional about how we approach team construction. This is especially...
Leadership
Don't Wait for Perfection
When launching anything new, most people want it to be perfect. But, opening before it is perfect is often better than waiting for perfection. One of my friends opened a yogurt store before he had signs, pictures, or decorations. Instead of a cool clock on the wall, he put up a piece of paper w...
Staff Development
Leadership XP: Laying the Groundwork for an Internship Program
Before we created Leadership XP, our internship program here at Life.Church, we needed to lay the appropriate groundwork with our staff. First, we established the goal of the program and made sure everyone was on the same page. If your goal is to grow leaders, make sure everyone knows that. If you...
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
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...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Giving and Receiving Feedback, Part 2
In last month’s episode, we talked about craving useful feedback and three factors that matter when you’re receiving it. This month, let’s talk about three factors that matter when you’re giving feedback. 1.When you give feedback. For some organizations, the most common time for feedback is dur...
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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