Churches use their annual report as a tool to communicate with leaders, volunteers, donors and the general community about what happened over the past year. Done well, annual reports engage people in the mission ... done poorly, they aren't worth the paper they are printed on (or the hard drive...

  Natalie Frisk is a writer and communicator that is working to pass the message of Jesus onto the next generation. In this conversation she talks about what she is learning in her role at The Meeting House as a curriculum writer. She touches on why they've decided to begin...

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    Today's conversation is with three leaders who work to help churches like yours and mine in the whole area of generosity and systems. We discuss a brand new report that that explores the relationship between donor behavior and new technologies like mobile giving and online...

When was the last time you took team members from your church to visit another church? Whether it's across town or across the country, a well-planned visit to another church can make an impact on your team like nothing else. Here are some reasons I think you should "get outta...

  Janet Saulter-Hemmer is a friend and co-worker from Liquid Church. She left her corporate role in information technology at a major financial firm to come and help us with clean water and data systems. In this episode we talk about a dark data disaster we had our church ......

  Sarah Stanley is the Youth Support Pastor at The Meeting House ... a 15 campus multisite church! In this interview Sarah gives some great insights into how to motivate students to engage in compassionate outreach into their communities. She talks about some the lessons they've been learning about seeing...

//my.leadpages.net/leadbox-829.jsThere are only two kinds of church leaders when it comes to money for their ministries ... those who want more of it and those who lie about not wanting more of it! Like a seed planted in fertile soil, I believe each one of the following ideas can bear...

Amazon continues to be a force in our culture. In the run up to Christmas they sold 426 items per second! I just finished reading Brad Stone’s fascinating study of Amazon called The Everything Store. I was struck by the 14 leadership principles that Amazon (and CEO Jeff Bezos) operates by and...

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    Tim Stevens is a team leader with the Vanderbloemen Search Group, an executive search firm that helps churches and ministries find great leaders. Previously he was the executive pastor at Granger Community Church in Indiana. During his twenty years there, he helped grow the church...

I love serving in a portable church.  For almost 15 years I've led in churches that set up and tear down each week. Rather than seeing it as a chore, I see it as an honor. It demands a lot from leaders, but I love how it draws in a wide variety...