Staff Development Trainings

Staff Development

Leadership XP: The Full Time Internship

What we've learned: Here at Life.Church, we have a summer intern academy that usually lasts about three months, but our primary intern placement is for three to seven months. This longer internship program allows us to really invest in, train up, and send out young leaders who can potenti...

Staff Development

Leadership XP: Laying the Groundwork for an Internship Program

Before we created Leadership XP, our internship program here at Life.Church, we needed to lay the appropriate groundwork with our staff. First, we established the goal of the program and made sure everyone was on the same page. If your goal is to grow leaders, make sure everyone knows that....

Staff Development

Leadership XP: The Leaders of Today

What we've learned: Leadership XP, our internship program, keeps young people engaged in ministry today . We love empowering young people to lead and serve right where they are; they don't have to "grow up" to be meaningful in the church. Sometimes your most enthusiastic supporters are y...

Staff Development

The Best Fit: How We Hire

Our thorough recruitment process is intentionally designed to help prevent the people we hire from later being fired. When employees not only work for your organization, but they also worship at your church, it's important to...

Staff Development

Leadership XP: Engaging Young Volunteers

What we've learned: Here at Life.Church, our internship program allows young adults to serve in the church and gain experience in ministry. But we don't like to wait until a young person is college age before they're allowed to serve. We've found that if middle and high school students ar...