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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 ide...
Online Ministry
YouVersion for Churches Best Practices
How to Introduce YouVersion and Church Profile to Your Church After creating and publishing your Church Profile in YouVersion, you’ll want to share with your church how to access your Church Profile—and why they’ll want to set your church as their church in the app. Let’s walk through some ways t...
Creative
Church Social Media: YouTube
YouTube is a go-to for many people, and it’s the second largest search engine, behind Google. Knowing that many people are searching YouTube to answer their common questions, how can we as the Church best utilize this platform? YouTube Strategies for Churches Use short-form videos to...
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 fe...
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 of yourself physically, spiritually...
Leadership
The Most Important Word
In many cases, the word “no” is more important than the word “yes.” To say “yes” to the  best  things, you’ll have to learn to say “no” to the  good things. In ministry, you will be overwhelmed with many good opportunities. But if you say “yes” to all of them, one d...
Leadership
Leadership Podcast: Institutionalizing Urgency, Part 2
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast ! In many organizations, urgency is not the default mode—complacency is. In the last episode, Institutionalizing Urgency, Part 1 , Craig discussed two steps to declare war on complacency in your culture: embody healthy skepticism ,...
Leadership
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...
Service & Events
Three Tips for Stage Communication
It can be scary—having only a few minutes to convey all the news, initiatives, and stories that you want to share with your congregation during a service. But if you think of communicating from stage less as making announcements and more as casting vision, you'll be able to craft stronger, more coh...
Leadership
Leading Your Church Out of Crisis
Pastors, if the way you're leading your church today is similar to your pre-pandemic plan, you probably have a bad plan. Your church has been through two years of extreme trauma. We’ve had countless tragic deaths, political division, ongoing racial tension, economic inconsistencies,...
Leadership
Is Anyone Listening?
With social media, many people express what’s going on inside their hearts with the same level of transparency as sharing what they had for lunch. “Out too late partying last night = overslept my alarm this morning. Guess I’ll be having ‘car trouble’ again.” “Yay, lunch! It’s burger & fries day!!...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: How to Inspire Your Team
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast ! According to an IBM study of 1,700 CEOs in 64 countries, one of the top three qualities a leader can possess is the ability to inspire people to action . Employees who work for an inspirational leader are enthused, encouraged, ener...
Youth
How to Talk with Teens about Suicide
Teens deal with serious, real-life issues in their day-to-day lives, which is why we aren’t afraid to tackle heavy topics at Switch, our youth ministry at Life.Church. Suicide can be a tough topic to address, but starting the conversation with students might help alleviate some of the stigma and...
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 o...
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 ho...