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...

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    On today's episode of the unSeminary Podcast we're taking questions from listeners about Church Communications. We cover a wide variety of topics that I hope will help your ministry. Are you wondering how to keep your growing and complex ministry aligned? Thinking about upping your...

Using video to communicate is a reality in many churches today. Whether you are producing a video to promote an upcoming event or if you are multisite church where video is at the core of how you deliver teaching ... many pastors find themselves thinking about how to make great...

Over the Christmas break this year I was caught in a pinch. We had a new series to get ready and we didn't have any of the graphics done for it. Our practice has been to give our staff team the last week of the year off and so I...

Today we're privileged to have a guest post from Dr. Garth Leno who is the President of WORDfirst Ministries.  He has been a pastor for 30 years and is currently taking steps to plant a church in Windsor, Ontario. We've all faced that person in our church who is spreading...

The three minutes before you receive the offering at your church are incredibly important. You need to craft that experience with the same intentionality that you give the core message for the service. Ensuring the "offering talk" is done well every week will boost the resources you have for your...

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    Today's interview is a first for the unSeminary Podcast ... we have Ben Stroup joining us and he's not a local church leader! Ben is an expert on leveraging content to move people towards action. Today's podcast is perfect for church leaders who have ever...

Recently I emailed some friends and asked them to grab their bulletins from their weekend services at their church and mail them to me. I was overwhelmed when just over 100 that arrived in my mailbox or email! It was so fun looking in at what's going on at so...

We've all had ministries or programs in our church that aren't going well. They lack critical mass to make the sort of impact we are looking for. They seem just a little stale and past their prime. Your people are "voting with their feet" and not showing up to the...

I think that there are very few ministries as strategically important to the growth and health of your church like your children's and student's ministries. Senior leaders need to invest time, effort and energy to make these ministries cornerstones of what your church "does" to serve the community. My kids...