Christmas is a time of year when people want to get out and serve their community. It is a great opportunity to increase community engagement and participation ... it's also a super busy season. Finding positive ways to serve that aren't extremely taxing on the church leadership can be difficult....

Leadership Network has once again released a study that church leaders should consume to understand the dynamics of leading today. This study is all on large Canadian churches and what we learn from them. It points out things these churches have done well, which caused them to grow and reach a younger...

  Welcome back to the unSeminary Podcast. Today I’m really pumped to be speaking with Ryan Britt of Church of Eleven22 in Florida. Ryan is the Executive Ministries Pastor of Church of Eleven22. Originally beginning as a young adults service at 11:22 AM at Beach Church, the service had such...

A few weeks ago, Hal Seed from New Song Community Church in Oceanside, California, was on the unSeminary Podcast. He shared about his church's strategy for hosting "Wow! Weekends" as part of their growth strategy. Liquid Church has had a similar strategy over the last few years. It has helped...

  Thanks so much for joining us again for today’s episode of unSeminary. I’m here today with Clayton Walker from Experience Life Church in West Texas. Experience Life Church was started in 2007 and has grown phenomenally, now with 5 locations. Clayton is the executive pastor and he oversees the campuses...

Christmas is coming! Don't miss one of the best opportunities to connect with people and grow your church in a significant way. People in your community will be looking for a church to attend this time of year ... how are you leveraging this opportunity? I used to be one...

Growing churches will at some point need to ask their community to give "above and beyond" normal giving to support the needs of the church. More than just "fundraising," these campaigns are often "faithraising" experiences in which the church focuses on the bigger vision of what God is calling the church...

  Hello, everyone. Today I’m happy to be chatting with Chad Fisher from Rock City Church in Columbus, Ohio. Rock City Church has been pegged as one of the fastest growing churches in the country for two years in a row, so obviously they’ve gotten some things figured out around...

You have a meeting coming up with your team in which you need to walk them through a change at your church ... how should you structure the information? The way you communicate change is a critical part of the process. The following approaches work well as frameworks for presentations in meetings....

Carey Nieuwhof is a leader you need to follow and I count him as a friend. This week he released his latest book and I’m honored to have him guest post here today at unSeminary. Carey has led through some incredible change at his church … he’s not talking about...