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Digital Watch Party Kit
Digital Watch Party Overview If planning Christmas online is new to your church, you may be encouraging your attenders to join you for an online experience in their home. Watch Parties can provide a sense of community around online content and help attenders feel connected in and to your church. S...
Leadership
The Death of the Five-Year Plan
When I started in ministry two decades ago, everyone I knew was making five-year plans. While thoughtful planning is wise and biblical, I’ve changed how I plan. Instead of planning for specific buildings, campuses, staff roles, and outreach, I plan to be prepared for opportunities that I can’t...
Worship
Writing, Producing, and Singing: "Breaking the Silence"
Join Life.Church worship leaders for a conversation about creating the new album Breaking the Silence—and the planning, the production, and the purpose of writing new worship songs. As the newest release from Life.Church Worship, "Breaking the Silence" is an electric set of original worship songs...
Operations
Prepping and Performing Baptisms
Here at Life.Church, we want our baptism events to be meaningful and organized. That means we put a lot of thought into the planning and execution of this amazing celebration. Join us for a discussion of how we do pre-baptism planning, our baptism meeting, and the event itself at Life.Church. Lear...
Operations
Multi-Purpose, Multi-Benefit
Multi-purpose rooms can be one of the most valuable assets your church creates. At Life.Church, we keep our spaces efficient and our budget frugal by planning rooms that serve multiple purposes. When constructing new space, keep things as simple as possible. Try to only create rooms that can se...
Creative
Creative Media: New Brand, New Name
Our name change from LifeChurch.tv to Life.Church gave us a great opportunity to focus our brand on the key elements that make up who we are. When planning your brand, stay true to who you are and create a brand that reinforces and builds up who you aspire to be....
Creative
Go Inside an "At the Movies" experience
At the Movies is a 4-week summertime series where our Senior Pastor, Craig Groeschel, uses movies to illustrate biblical truths. These photos illustrate the hard work and creativity that our campuses exude during this special time of year. If you want to dive deeper into how we do At the Movies, che...
Messages
Message Support: "Making Change"
This training for the four-part series Making Change covers biblical truths about finances, and how to find freedom in a debt-saturated world. Find all the free resources you need to do this message in your church and the message support videos above. Series description: Do your finances bring you...
Leadership
Promise and Deliver
A couple of years ago, we opened a new campus, and on launch day had three times the attendance we were expecting. As a result, we ended up behind the curve on many things: • We didn't have enough LifeGroups. • We recruited new volunteers on the fly. • We needed more staff to fill in the gaps...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Sharpening Your Communication Skills, Part 1
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! If you’re a leader, you probably also want to improve as a speaker. Most of us see video of ourselves and get depressed because we’re not as good as we think we are. Today, we’ll discuss a few ways we can sharpen our communication skills...
Online Ministry
Online Tools for Online Ministries
The digital age we live in has empowered the Church to reach more people than ever before. There are a lot of choices out there when it comes to digital tools and tech, and that's a blessing! But, it can be hard to slog through...
Leadership
Where Do We Grow from Here
No matter the size, age or denomination of our churches, there’s one question we should all be asking. It’s simple yet significant. It applies to your church as a whole, but also individual ministries. It compels you to develop vision and strategy, and keeps you outwardly focused. The answer isn’t...
Operations
Campus Building Plans: The Importance of Height
At Life.Church, we strive to honor Christ and His church with integrity. Often integrity is illustrated in the way we spend money. When constructing new buildings there are plenty of variables to keep in mind.  These variables drive costs and can create or alleviate friction both in your bu...
Leadership
Leadership Podcast: Institutionalizing Urgency, Part 1
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! In this episode, Craig will discuss the importance of urgency in success. The greatest threat to future success is current success. Success feeds pride, and pride kills urgency: nothing fails like success. In many organizations, urgency i...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: The Four Essentials of Innovation
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast! If you want to lead a breakout ministry, dominate an industry, change a city, help a nation, solve massive problems, or meet the needs of thousands of hurting people, you will have to learn to innovate....
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