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Letting Go of Control

To move forward, you often have to let go of something significant. Too often, what we hold tightly keeps us from following God’s promptings toward something new. Many leaders try to control too much. Our perceived need to control is one of the greatest limiting factors to what God wants to...

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...

Spirit-Led Instead of Model-Driven

Many pastors operate on certain models. There is the “seeker-sensitive” model, the “purpose-driven” model, the “emergent church” model, the “contemporary church” model, the “spirit-filled classic charismatic” model, the “small group” model, the “multi-site” model, the “missional inner-city”...

Following the Recipe

It’s not unusual for ministries to take a close look at other churches. Often, they’re in search of the recipe for success. It’s great that churches can learn from each other. Our church has certainly been helped by it, and we hope other churches have found value in what we’ve been able to o...

Giving & Finance

Life.Church Core Giving and Generosity Beliefs

Core Beliefs The following are Core Beliefs around giving and generosity at Life.Church. However, we encourage you to prayerfully identify and define your own core beliefs that will govern conversations around generosity at your church. God owns it all, and He provides everything we need to...

Think Ahead: Anticipate on Purpose

Successful people are often great at anticipating—the needs of others, the trends of the future, and the next steps that need to be taken. Make it a priority to intentionally practice anticipation in the following ways: If you want to be promoted as an assistant, anticipate how...

Kids Worship Resources

Our kids curriculum is created with worship in mind—every unit has pauses in the lesson for songs. At Life.Church campuses, we use a mix of original music and songs from other ministries. You can find the music we use at the following places: • All Bible App for Kids Curriculum lessons incl...

Message Support: "Selfless"

Every new year, we make decisions about who we want to be. We make resolutions; we set goals. Often, these goals are focused on ourselves. Losing weight, saving money — even the best goals are often inherently self-centered. Christ did not call us to live that way. To live the life God has for us,...

Solving Small Group Challenges

There are a few common problems every small group ministry faces. At Life.Church, some creative solutions have helped us learn to conquer these obstacles. Staffing One familiar predicament is how much staff should be devoted specifically to small groups. We always lean on the side of a smaller st...

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...

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...

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!!...