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Church Online Platform
The Chat Is Where It's At
When you first navigate to a Church Online Platform service (see an example at https://live.life.church/) you see two main components: a video player and a chat window. We sometimes hear, "Why does your Church Online experience have chat…isn't it about watching the sermon?" Church online is ab...
Leadership
The Imaginary Deadline
For years, I struggled with managing my time effectively. One tool that has dramatically increased my effectiveness is the “imaginary deadline.” If I’ve got a project without a deadline, it’s easy to procrastinate or work halfheartedly. But, when an assignment has a hard deadline, I start faste...
Leadership
The Power of Feedback
One of the greatest tools for a leader or speaker is truthful feedback. Unfortunately, in our church cultures, we often develop feedback-averse environments. People might find themselves in one of two wrong extremes: 1) We believe that a leader (or preacher) should have heard from God and n...
Leadership
The Power of Inviting
Ever wonder what an “invite culture” is? Join us as we discuss how to create an environment of evangelism through church invites. Hear how to ask your attenders to invite guests to church as well as how to engage your staff to do the same....
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
The Timing of Feedback
Not only do you want to ask the right people the right questions, but you’ll also want to do it at the right time. I see three different times when feedback is valuable: 1) Before the event Most leaders I know look for feedback on the back end. I crave it on the front end. Each week bef...
Leadership
Working Lean: When a Small Staff Is Better
At first, it just doesn't make sense – but it's true. A small staff is often better than a large one. Here at Life.Church, we've found that when a team or campus is slightly overstaffed, progress generally slows down. And when that same team or campus is slightly understaffed, we usually take m...
Online Ministry
Worship Music Copyrights with CCLI
In this video series, join CCLI as we tackle some of the common questions surrounding music copyright issues, one topic at a time, in 2 minutes or less....
Leadership
Worth Revisiting: Excellence/Effectiveness
There are several principles that I seem to revisit when talking with pastors. A couple of these are the cost/excellence curve and the cost/effectiveness curve. If I gave you $100,000, could you make your house or apartment excellent? I imagine that with some careful investments in furniture, p...
Leadership
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...
Worship
Behind the Music: "Irresistible"
What groups do you think are least worthy of your time? What about unworthy of love? It’s natural for us to draw the line somewhere, but there’s no stopping the irrational love of Jesus. That’s the heart behind “Irresistible,” a lighter, pop-tinged anthem with a catchy chorus. Use the accompanying Y...
Worship
Behind the Music: "Savior Forever"
“Savior Forever” examines the idea that God is continually pursuing us, even when we fall short of pursuing Him. This song is all about celebrating Christ’s victory over sin, and his victory over us, and that’s the heart of the accompanying resources and YouVersion Bible Plan. Readers will learn a...
Leadership
Does the Size of Your Church Matter? (Part 4)
I love small businesses. I bought my only television from a local, small business. They delivered it, set it up, and called a week later to see how I liked it. Great service. I decided to get a second television so I could watch football while my kids watched whatever reality show they watch. S...
Kids
Bible Adventure: The Research Behind the Resource
To create the Bible App for Kids Curriculum, our Content Team spent hours studying the learning habits of preschoolers and reviewing successful kids programming. The result was a two-year curriculum for ages 2 through 5 that keeps preschoolers' attention and teaches them about Christ. In anything yo...
Creative
Creative Media: The Plan Before the Brand
If you're wondering how to begin a rebranding process, we’ve learned a few things working through our own brand update, and we'd love to share those learnings with you. A rebranding doesn’t have to be a redefinition. Our brand update was about clarifying who we are. We started by digging into what...
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