Drake De Long-Farmer is the executive pastor at Gateway Church where he leads various teams  (including HOUSE PARTIES and our Pastoral Team), working with key staff and interns in ministry development and also oversees Gateway operations. Discipleship is at the core of his role and ministry teams. Drake is a...

Lent is a period of about six weeks before Easter. It is a time when church leaders encourage their people to be quiet and thoughtful, preparing themselves for Easter. The period of Lent ends at Easter, which is a time of great celebration as Christians consider how Jesus had died...

Thanks so much for joining us today for the unSeminary podcast. Today we have Matt Hessel from Traders Point Christian Church. Traders Point Christian Church was founded in 1834. The church has grown a lot in the last eight years. They currently have two campuses and are getting ready to...

Pastors and church leaders get into ministry because they want to help people, not because they want to run some small business. However, if churches don’t keep an eye on the business side of running their ministry, those issues can overtake the ministry and cause it to implode. I’ve seen too many...

Have you ever experienced traction at your church? It’s a beautiful thing. Stuff just seems to work better at every turn. People invite more friends. Folks move from just attending your church to actually joining a team or getting into a small group. Your people fund the mission at levels...

Is there snow, freezing rain or ice coming your way this weekend? Let your people know whether the weather is impacting your church. These graphics are ready to use across a wide variety of platforms and will help you get the word out when weather impacts your church: When you...

Has your church grown beyond 750 people, but seems to be bouncing up aimlessly against an attendance ceiling? Does it seem like you'll never be able to see more than a thousand people attend the Church on a weekend unless it's a big day like Christmas Eve or Easter Sunday?...

January is an amazing time year to see your church GROW! In fact, for many prevailing churches, it's the biggest growth period in the year. However, this is a bit of a problem because it comes right after Christmas which for a lot of churches is incredibly busy! It's so important that your...

Is it safe to talk about this yet? It's been 3 weeks since Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in one of the most hotly contested elections in modern history. Political scientists and historians will talk about this election for years to come ... but what about church leaders? What difference does...

Hey, everybody, and welcome to this week’s unSeminary podcast. I’ve been excited about having our guest on today, Katie Allred from Brentwood Baptist in Tennessee. Katie is the web content manager at Brentwood and is charge of web, email, and social media. Brentwood is an innovative contemporary church right on the...