Giving through a church's website continues to be a preferred channel and it isn't showing any signs of slowing down. Looking at the broader non-profit sector, it's clear that we're in the midst of a shift toward giving through online channels: 2 billion dollars a year is given to non-profits...

Way back in the mid-1990s there were a lot of companies gunning to be the leader in "online retailing." (Who remembers Pets.com?) Amazon was an early leader. Since then, it has cemented its place as the "everything store" by offering a massive selection of items that are delivered at a...

  Welcome to the unSeminary podcast. Today we’re honored to have Layne Schranz from Church of the Highlands. Church of the Highlands was started in 2001 and now has 12 campuses with 31,000 members. It was started as part of an experiment among a small group of pastors and was so...

  Hello, everyone, and thank you for joining in to this week’s episode of the unSeminary podcast. Today our guest is Mark Mellen at Elevate Life Church in Florida. Elevate Life has about 1200 attendees and is one of the fastest growing churches in the country. Mark describes Elevate Life as...

There are two kinds of church leaders ... those who worry about finances and those who lie about not worrying about it. If we're honest, many of us have lost sleep over the generosity of our churches. We're filled with God-given vision but we wonder how that vision will be...

  Welcome back to this week’s episode of the unSeminary podcast. I’m excited to have Darin Poli, Executive Pastor of River Valley Church, with me today. River Valley Church is a great church in the Twin Cities metro area of Minnesota and is celebrating their 20th anniversary this year. They...

What if this was the year your church multiplied? Rather than putting it off until some future date, what would happen if your team leaned in and made the decision to do it this year? You're going to have to start before you feel ready. So ... you don't feel...

  Hello, everyone! Welcome to this episode of unSeminary. Thank you so much for tuning in. I’m honored to have Brent Dolfo from Leadership Network today. I like to say Leadership Network guys are the smartest guys in the room! They’re an organization that is really dedicated to increasing the...

This time of year brings reflection on the past 12 months and wondering what could have been done differently. Or you may be looking to the future and asking what needs to change and where to start. Consider this: The vast majority of churches in our country aren't making an...

  Welcome to this episode of the unSeminary podcast. Today I’m excited to have Bob Smith of 2|42 Community Church on the show. 2|42 Community Church was started in 2005 and has been one of the fastest growing churches in the country for a few years in a row, now having...