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Leadership
5 Days of Leadership with Pastor Craig | Day 5: Lead Yourself
Day 5: Lead yourself.The most important person you will ever lead is yourself. We've discussed leading and growing our church, but in this new year it's important not to forget yourself in the process. One of the biggest factors in growing as leaders is your inner dialogue. When you wake up and be...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: How Effective Leaders Handle Criticism, Part 2
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! In our last episode, we talked about how to minimize criticism. In this episode, let’s dive in to understanding our critics. All critics are not created equal. Some criticize just to point out problems— some point out problems s...
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...
Leadership
Leadership Podcast: Creating a Value-Driven Culture, Part 1
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! Culture is more than a building or the signage hanging around it. A culture is more than an environment. Great ministries, brands, and organizations are full of intangibles created and guarded by the leader. What those intangibles ar...
Operations
Creating a Welcoming Environment at Easter
Next to Christmas, Easter is likely the time of the year you’ll see the most new attenders in your church. And, when you’re new to church, walking into the doors of a church for the first time can be intimidating or down-right scary. As you think about this new wave of attenders, walk through your c...
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...
Messages
A Christ-Centered, Others-Oriented Challenge
When crisis strikes, as believers our light shines bright. The Church was created to minister to and meet the needs of people filled with fear and doubt. During the COVID-19 outbreak, Pastor Craig Groeschel preached a midweek sermon to encourage Life.Church attenders to do seven things to serve peop...
Giving & Finance
Personal Generosity
Several pastors have complained to me that most people in their churches are not generous. I’m guessing that the churches are a reflection of its leaders. If our ministries aren’t generous, it is probably because we aren’t either. Several years ago, God started moving our family toward a much m...
Youth
Engaging More Students Through Switch
Switch is our youth ministry for 6th through 12th grade students designed to engage young people and help them grow. If you've used the Switch curriculum in the past or are just getting started, these four strategies will help you implement this semester's messages: 1. Increase attendance (and FOM...
Leadership
Avoid Promises
When God is blessing you with more than you can handle, I’d suggest you avoid making rash promises. I have seen many pastors make promises during times of blessing only to later eat their words (or be bound by a promise they wish they’d never made). ●We’ll never do a fundraiser! ●We’ll ne...
Messages
Message Support: Not a Hostage with Steven Furtick
In this one-week message from Pastor Steven Furtick, lead and founding pastor of Elevation Church in North Carolina, he'll teach us that we do not have to be hostage to our situation. Like Paul, who chose to worship even when he was in prison, the reality of our situations is determined by God's Wor...
Leadership
Fasting From Church Stuff
For years I tried to learn from and be like other ministers. I listened to messages, attended conferences, and devoured every Christian book I could. Each time I met a new leader, I tried to become more like them. A few years ago though, God led me to do something very different. (I'm not neces...
Small Groups
How to Promote Financial Peace University In Your Community
Want to effectively promote your Financial Peace University group in your community? Below, you’ll find a week by week plan to make make your group a success. For images, videos, and print materials you can download to promote your group, click here. 6-8 Weeks Before Group Key Promotion Steps •...
Church Planting
Church Planting: Be a Healthy Leader
The work of planting a church can take a toll on you and your family. Being a healthy leader is an important part of having a healthy church. These videos will help make sure you are always thinking about personal growth as a leader and how to take care ofyourself physically, spiritually, and emotio...
Leadership
Letting Go of Old Assumptions
The world is changing faster every day. Too many Christian leaders are working off of old assumptions rather than new revelations. When we assume that our way of doing ministry is best: ●We stop learning from others. ●We rarely try something new. ●We quickly see faults in new ideas rat...
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