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Managing Others’ Expectations: A Part of Protecting Your Marriage

One major way to protect your marriage is by managing other people's expectations as best you can and setting up clear boundaries within your ministry. In this session Dylan Dodson shares practical tips on how to manage other’s expectations when it comes to ministry for the protection of your famil...

Message Support: "Exponential"

When you make a choice, its effects ripple further than you can see. When you plant a seed and nourish it, it can grow beyond your wildest expectations. And when you add to the work God is doing, He can multiply it into something Exponential. This three-week series will teach your attenders ab...

Inside Our Communication Guide

One way we avoid making mistakes on communicative pieces is by referring to our Communication Guide. It contains our mission and core values, a list of "best practices," and practical information regarding style and punctuation specifications. The Communication Guide serves as our standard, clearly...

Message Support: "I Want to Believe, But..."

In this four week series, we'll look at some of the barriers that keep people from believing in God. It’s often difficult to believe in a God we cannot see. We wonder why God didn’t answer our prayers, why God allows suffering, or why we can’t feel His presence. God may not meet all your expec...

Sustaining Your Marriage In Ministry

Don’t let your ministry take out your marriage. Ministry places some unique challenges on your marriage and family, but you can learn how to sustain your marriage in ministry. Tune in as Dr. Kim Kimberling, President of Awesome Marriage and Professional Marriage Counselor, shares practical tips on...

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...

Don't Wait for Perfection

When launching anything new, most people want it to be perfect. But, opening before it is perfect is often better than waiting for perfection. One of my friends opened a yogurt store before he had signs, pictures, or decorations. Instead of a cool clock on the wall, he put up a piece of pape...

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...

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Principles of Higher Hiring

Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast ! One of the most important skills you can develop as a leader is selecting, developing, and empowering the right people. The potential of your organization rests on the strengths of its people. You can have the best product, best strate...

Online Ministry

Church Online Playbook: Leveraging Facebook Groups

Download the complete playbook for free here. Let’s Reach the World Together: A step-by-step process to build community and reach more people online. Each week, more than 270,000 people attend Life.Church Online from every country and territory on the map. We’ve celebrated over 100,000...

Hybrid Church 101

You may have noticed that Hybrid is the new norm—in all areas, not just the church. Using technology to connect and engage was a necessity during the pandemic, but now it’s an expectation! Create connection points with your church community in person and online. Thanks to our partners at YouVersi...