Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    Today's unSeminary podcast is a special episode designed to help you thrive (not just survive) this summer at your church. We all know that summer can be a tough time for churches ... lagging attendance, lower volunteer engagement, revenue is down ... but what if...

Recently I asked some friends of mine to help me understand how they use job descriptions in their churches and I've pulled together those learnings into this post so we can all benefit! I'm so thankful for the churches that answered my questions and for them providing the great examples...

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    Today's podcast is a conversation with the Executive Pastor at a fast growing church in the North West called East Lake Church. Sprouting out of the one of the least "churched" communities in the country, East Lake gives some fascinating insights into reaching out into...

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    Grace Chapel is a 60 year old church ... not exactly the stereotype of the sort of church that is adding new campuses as a way to reach out to it's community! But Tom VanAntwerp talks through how this church is leveraging campus expansion to...

Easter is the biggest of big days in local church ministry. All of human history swings on the hinge of Easter. For many churches this day is the pinnacle of a long process of inviting and work. It's an exciting time to in ministry in the local church. I emailed...

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...

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    Warren Bird is the head of research at Leadership Network. This week he published the Leadership Network/Generis Multisite Church Scorecard ... the largest study of the multisite movement ever done. This report is full of fascinating insights into this explosive part of the body of Christ....

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Today marks the release of the Leadership Newtork / Generis Multisite Scorecard. This is a fascinating study that attempts to define the multisite church movement. Once again Warren Bird does an amazing job pulling together data and interpreting it so we can understand what is happening around us. As I...

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    At it's core every church has unique DNA that defines what it's going to be like and the impact it's going to have on it's community. On today's episode small group expert, Alan Danielson gives us some really helpful handles to understand our church's DNA...