Easter is a the biggest of big days ... I know that you've worked hard to ensure that this weekend's services are going to be amazing. There are more people in your community that would come but they are just looking for an invite. Here are some free ways to...

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    Will Mancini is a former pastor turned consultant and really a friend of local church leaders.  His goal is help all church's experience the benefits of stunning, God-given clarity. He's worked with an unprecedented variety of churches from growing mega-churches and missional communities, to mainline...

Wow! This winter has been a long one! Polar vortex ... record low temperatures ... record high amounts of snow ... it's been a tough one!! I love what Connexus Church did to leverage the negative feelings about winter and celebrate spring. I asked Shawna Lester from Connexus to help...

I believe that a part of being an effective leader in the church is keeping our eyes and ears open to the world around us and looking for lessons we could learn from the marketplace to apply to our churches. I've been thinking recently about the following companies and how...

Friction is the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding against each other. /ˈfrikSHən/ Friction is an interesting topic when applied to church communications. A part of our role as leaders is to reduce friction to help people take steps in their spiritual...

Easter & Zombies? New Years Resolutions Gangsta at Church? Fall Launch Cold Case Christianity Remember Radio? It's a wireless audio delivery system ... most cars are outfitted with it ... you just turn it on and all kinds of content comes streaming in. Some "channels" (sort of like a Pandora...

From time to time I like to share quotable quotes on twitter that I have been chewing on. Often these quotes are amongst some of the most reshared content that I post. I thought I'd pull together some of my favorites into a post and provide a simple link for you to...

Come to the Early Service Download "Unbranded" Versions of those videos to use at your church! Just leave a comment to tell us you've used them! You may be aware that your church has an "optimal inviting hour" ... that time on the weekend that first time guests are most...

This spring our church put together a catalog and we're mailing it to 5,000+ homes in our database. It's not an insignificant investment for our church. Why is a church producing a "catalog" and how does it fit in our strategy? Recall // Like most churches our issue isn't getting people...

Recently I connected with church leaders from 33 churches from across North America and asked them to share with me what they are doing for gifts for their first time guests. This continues in a series where I've asked other church leaders to help us learn what is happening at...