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A Prayer: Submit Yourself to God
This excerpt is from the series "A Way Out." Many of us are familiar with the phrase "resist the devil and he will flee," but we overlook the sentence that precedes it in James: "Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil and he will flee." Submit to God daily in prayer; when you're submitt...
Leadership
Pastors, Anxiety, and Burnout
From the outside, we as pastors and church leaders probably seem like we have it all together. God’s calling is on our lives, and we’re doing the most important work in the world. How could we be stressed out? After all, we only work on Sundays, right? Wrong. Working in ministry is tough. In fact,...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Giving and Receiving Feedback, Part 1
Without a doubt, one of the most important tools to develop in your organization is a consistent culture of feedback. Many of us want to know when we are doing something right, but we might also fear or avoid hearing feedback when we’re not. What’s interesting is that most people don’t know how t...
Leadership
Letting Go of the Know
When you are in the beginning stages of empowering or developing a leader, you probably want to know a lot and control a lot. You are building trust. Once a leader is trained and functioning well, it’s time to “let go of the know.” Here's an example: Sam Roberts oversees all of our Life.Church...
Communications
Tips for Establishing a Communication Review Process
Below you'll find our best practices for the communication review process here at Life.Church. Operations Pastors/Associate Operations Pastors should monitor written communication without being a bottleneck—working more like a consultant than a content creator. Talk to your Campus Pastor about wha...
Multi-site
Keeping Experiences Consistent Across Multiple Campuses
We believe that excellence honors God and inspires people. So as a multi-site church with more than 30 physical locations on a weekend, consistency and clarity must be the building blocks of excellence. For the most part, every service at Life.Church flows almost exactly the same at each locati...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Principles of Higher Hiring, Part 2
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! You can have the best product, the best strategy, and the best vision, but without the best people, your organization will always be limited! In last month's episode, we talked about two principles of making great hires. Today, we'll talk...
Leadership
5 Days of Leadership with Pastor Craig | Day 2: Lead Through Change
Day 2: Lead through change.As you evaluate your culture and values, you may see some patterns and issues that require your church or organization to change. A common belief is that people resist change because they hate change. But I don’t think that’s true. People don’t hate change; they hate the...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Sharpening Your Communication Skills, Part 2
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! In part one of "Sharpening Your Communication Skills," we talked about a few ways to become a better communicator. Today, let’s talk about the hats you wear as a communicator. For me, I might be a dad, or a husband, and a pastor. Some oth...
Kids
Design Philosophy in Kids Ministry
Our design philosophy for our children's classrooms is simple: keep it simple. We want parents to feel good about leaving their children with us for an hour, and that means rooms that are...
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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Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: The Developer's Dark Side
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! As a leader, your most valuable resource is always the people in your organization. We don’t bet on strategies. We don’t bet on products. We don’t bet on ideas. We bet on people. After all, they are the ones who create the strategies, pro...
Leadership
Leadership Podcast: The Six Types of Leaders, Part 2
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. In this podcast, I’ll continue to discuss five kinds of leaders a...
Staff Development
The Best Fit: How We Hire
Our thorough recruitment process is intentionally designed to help prevent the people we hire from later being fired. When employees not only work for your organization, but they also worship at your church, it's important to...
Online Ministry
Online Tools for Online Ministries
The digital age we live in has empowered the Church to reach more people than ever before. There are a lot of choices out there when it comes to digital tools and tech, and that's a blessing! But, it can be hard to slog through...
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