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3 Criteria for a Healthy Men’s Ministry
Barnabas Piper
Traditional men’s ministry is activity-centric with a heavy (literally) dose of food thrown in. Or maybe it’s food-centric with an activity as the primary excuse to gather and eat. And for good reason—shared activity (games, sports, projects, etc.) and good...
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4 Axioms from Spurgeon’s Leadership
J.A. Medders
Our lives are filled with axioms. These truisms, even if overstated, make a helpful point that’s easy to remember. In the world of sports, we hear, “Your best ability is availability.” I love this axiom. A great player who is always injured hurts his...
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5 Principles for Hiring Staff
Luke Simmons
“What do I need to be thinking about when it comes to staffing?” As I coach church planters, this question comes up again and again. Hiring and building a staff is an area of leadership that most church planters are...
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4 Steps of a Discipleship Pathway
Vick Green
What are the essential steps that are needed to move someone from being a new believer to becoming your dream disciple? I want to give you four essential steps to your pathway and then show you the one that nearly every church is missing. Ken Blanchard identified four stages...
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Legacy Over Platform: Six Things That Will Outlast Your Sermons
Jon Kelly
In an age where sermons can be downloaded, clipped, shared, and forgotten within hours, it is easy for pastors and church planters to think that our primary influence comes through our preaching. Preaching certainly matters. Faith comes by hearing the...
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Church Planter Identity Crisis
Will Basham
Most Americans don’t just work; we tend to derive identity from our work. Secular research confirms what many of us already feel: our careers don’t simply provide income; they shape our sense of self. It’s no surprise that this is the case when we live in a...
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Fewer Women Are Going to Church. Here’s How Church Plants Can Fix It.
Rivers Partin
Recent research has brought to light a deeply concerning shift: for the first time in decades, women are attending church less than men. For those who care about the spiritual health of our neighbors, this is heavy. For those of us in...
