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  • Dealing with Neighborhood Transitions in Your Church, Part 1

    by Ed Stetzer | September 24, 2012

    Donald McGavran was a third generation missionary child in India and later a professor at Fuller Theological Seminary.

  • Thriving Ministries Do Something Different Tomorrow than They Did Yesterday

    by Seth Godin | July 19, 2013

    Why is it so hard for organizations to understand what Tony Hsieh did with customer service at Zappo's? Instead of measuring the call center on calls answered per minute, he insisted that the operators be trained and rewarded to take their time and actually be human, to connect and make a difference instead of merely processing the incoming.

  • Inventing the Future, Edison Style

    by Sarah Miller Caldicott | January 28, 2013

    Can we learn to be innovative? What factors allow us to establish a vibrant relationship with the future? Thomas Edison was the most outstanding figure in an era marked by an extraordinary confluence of American innovation – including the work of Alexander Graham Bell, Henry Ford, George Eastman, Harvey Firestone, John D.

  • Senior Pastors Roles Change as Churches Grow

    by Warren Bird | September 17, 2012

    Twenty-two years ago, when Tim Harlow became the senior pastor of Tinley Park Church of Christ, the following newspaper ad was considered the cutting edge of church marketing.

  • Be a Church That Wants to Go Deep with God

    by Ed Stetzer | March 17, 2015

    Lately there’s been a lot of talk about spiritual formation and discipleship, and rightfully so.

  • The 22 Rules of Storytelling According to Pixar

    by Emma Coats | September 17, 2012

    On Twitter, Pixar storyboard artist Emma Coats has compiled nuggets of narrative wisdom she's received working for the animation studio over the years.

  • Are You Leading Your Church or Just Managing It? Learn the Difference.

    by Rick Warren | January 11, 2018

    It’s been said many times by many different people that everything rises or falls on leadership.

  • Does Your Church Have an Intentional Plan of Discipleship for Each Generation of Disciples?

    by Eric Geiger | October 21, 2015

    I recently had a chance to talk to Rick Howerton, our Small Group Specialist at LifeWay, about a serious struggle he is seeing in discipleship ministries all around the country and how LifeWay is trying to help.

  • 7 Practices of Compelling Vision Communication

    by Dan Reiland | December 21, 2016

    How compelling is the communication of your vision? If your vision moves the people to take action, you are on the right track.

  • Bold Vision Takes Better Leaders

    by Dan Reiland | November 8, 2017

    Work yourself out of a job.

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