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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 fr...

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MortarStone - 2021 Digital Church Trends

What are the digital trends your church should be employing to attract visitors, engage attendees, and increase generosity? During this training video, we discuss the practical steps you can take to optimize your website and giving page, along with communication processes that will encourage commun...

Lazy People Don’t Need Vision to Be Lazy

Churches who decide to go multi-site often do so by adding campuses in nearby cities. Sometimes, churches will promote these new locations to their attenders as a convenience: “Now you can get to church in half the time!” Those same churches are somewhat surprised when the evangelism temperature...

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’...

Letting Go of What People Think

Becoming obsessed with what people think about you is the fastest way to forget what God thinks about you. My mom taught me the common truth, “You can’t please everyone.” From my observation, ministers seem to be more vulnerable to people-pleasing than most professions. In reality, we s...

Campus Building Plans: Budgeting

If you’re like us at Life.Church, you want to be good stewards of the money you’ve been entrusted with. When it comes to budgeting for a new building, there will always be unanswerable questions—every situation is unique, and every set of resources and limitations affects the decisions...

Leadership Podcast: Creating a Value-Driven Culture, Part 2

Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast . Like what you’re learning? Share it with your friends, family, or co-workers and let’s learn to grow as leaders together! Today, we’re picking up where Craig left off in “Creating a Value-Driven Culture, Part 1.” In Episode 5, Craig...

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: How to Develop Leaders

Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast ! Last month, we talked about four dark sides developers can tend toward that keep them from leading effectively. Today, we’re going to talk about developing leaders. Developing people doesn’t happen accidentally. Developing leaders...

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Eliminate Distractions

Every month, Craig Groeschel delivers a new podcast about leadership, growth, and development. Find more resources for this episode—like the Leader Guide—at the official Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast page . EPISODE RESOURCES More from Craig: www.craiggroeschel.com Download Leade...

Keeping Things in Perspective

While uneducated or cruel critics can be distracting, try to keep things in perspective. Where I live, Christians are rarely in danger for being Christians. Countless believers have suffered gravely for their faith in Christ. If all we have to do is endure a few people complaining, blogging, or...

Message Support: Warrior

Series Length: 4 Weeks (not necessarily in order) The Warrior’s Cause The Hesitant Warrior The Wounded Warrior The Distracted Warrior Description: What are you fighting for? Defeat the fear that stares you down. Find purpose in your battles. Discover your God-given courage to become...

Creating the Best Decorations at Christmas

What's the right balance between big, beautiful decorations and keeping the focus on Jesus at Christmas? Life.Church Campus Pastor Tim shares how he processes the purpose of Christmas decorations and how they can be used to reach more people for Jesus rather than distract at Christmas. If you have...

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 ide...

Breaking Up the Systems

Even a good ministry system will eventually limit what God wants to do if the system doesn’t evolve or totally change. (By system, I mean any program, structure, philosophy, or culture that shapes and helps produce a desired outcome.) Once people operate within a system long enough, they o...

Don’t Fight Back

Some criticism of our ministries will be valid. Others will come from partially informed people who might never understand or endorse our philosophy of ministry. With the explosion of online critics, it is tempting to jump into a conversation to tell your side of the story. While there might...