Hiring "from within" is a common value in many churches. In fact, some leaders see it as a badge of honor that they only hire people who have "come up" through their ministry context. In the worst cases, leaders are condescending about churches that bring in people from other communities. That is a...

Whether you call it teaching or preaching, the message in your main service leads your church. It's core to what makes your church ... your church. In fact, in a very real sense your community is simply gathered around the main teaching at your church. Here are ways that teaching...

"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other." - John Fitzgerald Kennedy Developing leaders is core to what church leaders do. We constantly look for ways to raise up the people around us ... to help them take their next step in the development journey. We don't always have the...

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    Programming Note // The unSeminary Podcast is going to be on a hiatus until September. We'll return then with lots of great new episodes with some fascinating church leaders. Enjoy the summer! Today’s episode is a little different than usual. Instead of hosting an interview...

Brian Williams seems like a good guy. He’s been married for almost 30 years … consistently reported news to the American public for NBC News for almost as long … gosh, the guy even won “Father of the Year”!

  Once again, Frank Bealer from Elevation Church is joining me on today’s podcast. Elevation Church is doing a lot of exciting things in their growth and Frank is here to tell us how they’ve learned to help each other. Helping each other grow It can be hard sometimes to...

Leaders always attempt to anticipate what is going to change, so they can prepare for those changes in their organizations. Great church leaders are like sailors who are reading the breezes and adjusting the sails to catch the winds of change. While we worry about the latest social media trend or where...

  I’m super excited to have Adrian Schoonmaker from Grace Community Church in the Hudson Valley, New York, with us today. We’ll be talking about what it takes to develop spiritual coaches that can go out and really spread the church’s message and bring people to Christ. About Grace Community...

Email continues to be the killer communication tool for churches today. It's ubiquitous, inexpensive, response driven and easy to use. It's a great way to move people to action within your church ... whether it's getting them to attend, volunteer on a team, give to your mission or anything else....

  Have you ever stopped to think how amazing the human brain is? It’s capable of so many reactions in an amazingly short time. God gave us this brain, so doesn’t it make sense to understand it and learn how to use it to the full advantage within your ministry?...