Five Recommendations From A Veteran Church Camp Speaker
Start thinking now about these helpful tips if you’re involved in organizing or speaking at a church camp.
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Fellowship
The Biggest Difference-maker In A Small-church Pastor’s Sunday
Conversations in the church lobby are the small-church superpower. They keep people connected more than anything we do from the pulpit.
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9 Small Church Leadership Traits No Pastor Should Ever Outgrow
Small churches have a tendency to keep us humble, sometimes involuntarily. But that humility is something we should never outgrow, no matter how big the church or ministry becomes.
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Online Church Is Great, But It’s Not Enough
The church needs to be more digital. For Small Churches especially, the digital world can level the playing field and give us a broader reach and wider ministry than we currently have.
We need more churches taking advantage of online services, podcasts, livestreaming, social media, blogging, you name it.
But church will never be digital. Screen-to-screen is no substitute for face-to-face. Digital reality cannot replace actual reality.
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I Don’t Go to Church to Worship Jesus
Since the Day of Pentecost, all believers have the Holy Spirit living in us from the moment of salvation, so we carry his presence with us. This means that every act of my life, whether alone or in the company of others, can and should be an act of worship.
But I still go to church every weekend. And I would go every weekend, even if I wasn’t a pastor.
Why?
I don’t go to church to worship Jesus. I go to church to worship Jesus with other people. Because I need to worship Jesus in the company of others. We all do.
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Hanging Out Is Holy – And Healthy Small Churches Take It Seriously
I love hanging out with innovative, passionate Small Church pastors. They have such great stories and they can’t wait to tell them. The more I listen, the more I learn. We all know the value of hanging out with people who share our heart, don’t we? If we’re honest, most of us who attend ministerial
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4 Signs Your Church Should Stop Doing Small Group Ministry
We all know small group ministry is a must for a healthy church, right? But what if we’re wrong? What if small groups aren’t right for a lot of churches? I’ve struggled for decades (wow… decades! I didn’t realize that until I wrote it…) trying to do healthy small group ministry in my church, with
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Hey! Small Church Pastors! Stop Doing This Alone!
Why are you doing this alone? That question is printed on a card that sits on my desk every day. It reminds me not to fall into the trap that too many Small Church pastors get caught in. Being a Small Church pastor is one of the loneliest, most stress-filled positions in the world. We have
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