The most robust people-connecting organization in the world is Facebook. This online tool is doing more to develop community and relationships than anything else in human history. Stop and consider how well it connects people: Facebook's population is almost 4 times greater than the USA's. The population of the United...

You know that people come to your church because friends invite them. But what are you doing to ensure people invite their friends? It's a simple fact that the vast majority of the people who check out your church come because a trusted friend invited them. We all know this fact...

Carey Nieuwhof is a leader you need to follow and I count him as a friend. He is kicking off a brand new podcast, The Canadian Church Leader’s Podcast, and I’m honored to have him guest post here today at unSeminary. The Top 5 Canadian Church Myths It’s Time to Bust...

American inventor and politician Benjamin Franklin wrote an essay called “An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light” to the editor of The Journal of Paris in 1784. In the essay, he suggested, although jokingly, that Parisians could economize candle usage by getting people out of bed earlier in...

The Walt Disney Company continues to be an organization that churches should learn from. Obviously, our "core business" in the local church is totally different but there are many similarities in what we're attempting to do and what Disney does: We're both attempting to keep people engaged with "life span"...

Prevailing churches make a consistent and focused effort to get people out of their weekend services and into some sort of "small group" experience. In fact, it's difficult to find a growing church that doesn't have a strong emphasis on its group culture. Over the years on the unSeminary podcast, we've...

Prevailing churches always look for ways to grow their leaders. Although training often takes the form of traveling to conferences or visiting other churches, we also need to take advantage of smaller moments to push our team to think differently and grow. This can be as simple as giving your team...

Welcome to this week’s unSeminary podcast. We’re honored to have Pastor Danny Anderson with us from Emmanuel Church in Indiana. Jim Devney founded Emmanuel Church in 1977 and Danny, who was originally the church’s high school pastor, took over in 2006 at the age of 28. The church continues to...

We're honored to have Ben Stapley guest posting for us today. He is the executive pastor at The Life Christian Church — and he's a fantastic, multi-talented leader! Ben provides oversight and leadership for a wide variety of areas at his church. The creative process can feel like capturing lightning in...

You probably won't be surprised to learn that in a recent study it was found that 64% of adults own a smartphone. What you might find more surprising is that number is up from 35% over just four years. People have smartphones in their pockets and use them to connect...