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Online Ministry

Church Online: Different Lobby, Same Ministry

No matter the "lobby"—whether it's a brick-and-mortar church building, a mission, a shelter, a park, an orphanage, or a grocery store—the ministry is always the same. As pastors, church leaders, and fully devoted followers of Christ, we're able to bring our mission field with us wherever we go. For...

Kids

Bible Adventure: Adventure Bag

It's the little extra touches that make a project special. For the Bible App for Kids Curriculum, our Content Team found this amazing little bag for our host Emily to use in the teaching videos. And the great part is, our leaders in every classroom are using the same bag! If you'd like to use th...

Kids

Kids Ministry: Steps to Onboarding Volunteers

When it comes to kids ministry, we all want volunteers who are fully-devoted Christ followers, trustworthy servants, and energetic personalities. But volunteers with this set of criteria don't assemble themselves by magic; here at Life.Church, we have a volunteer signup process that helps us identi...

Youth

Lesson Learned: People Before Policies

In any ministry—especially kid's ministry—there are often too many rules and policies to keep track of, and it's easy to get bogged down by all the procedures. If and when that happens, take stock of your priorities and bring it to God. If the rules and policies are getting in the way of safe, mean...

Kids

Bible Adventure: The Research Behind the Resource

To create the Bible App for Kids Curriculum, our Content Team spent hours studying the learning habits of preschoolers and reviewing successful kids programming. The result was a two-year curriculum for ages 2 through 5 that keeps preschoolers' attention and teaches them about Christ. In anything...

Kids

The Philosophy of Kids Ministry at Life.Church

A kids ministry can be so much more than babysitting or entertaining children. In our experience, kids of all ages have a God-breathed capacity for understanding the bigness, fullness, and depth of who He is. It's our job as kids, student, and youth leaders to help them engage with the Bible, with...

Multi-site

The Beginning of Multi-site

Innovation happens where passion meets constraints. At first, it's a strange concept, but we've found that when you're backed up against a wall, you come up with some of your most ingenious solutions. For us, being constrained by a budget and a growing congregation forced us to think about alternat...

Volunteers

The 80/20 Rule: Developing the Best Volunteers

Every church loves to have Godly, committed volunteers sprinkled through its lobby or kids ministry...but finding and retaining these volunteers can be tough. The 80/20 is a guideline we use here at Life.Church to help us find and keep excellent volunteers. It's simple: spend 80% of your time and e...

Kids

Facebook Live: Creating a Great Experience for Families

We want to create an experience for families that's so warm, fun, safe, and memorable that they want to come back to church again and again. In this training, we talk with LifeKids team members about their best tips for creating a welcoming environment for new kids and families. You can also downlo...

Leadership

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Fire Your Inner Boss

Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast ! Why do people leave their jobs? The number one reason: they don’t like their bosses. People don’t leave companies—they leave bad bosses! Why? That’s because many bosses don’t understand what it takes to be a leader . Power and...