I love people who have a bias for action. I love church leaders who wake up on a Monday morning and are ready to attack the week and climb the hill towards next weekend. But as quickly as I like to move as a leader, I do live with the tension...

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    Steven Barr is the Vision Pastor for Cast Member Church, serving the 67,000+ community of Cast Members who work for The Walt Disney World Resort, in Orlando, FL. During this interview Steven gives us insight into the fascinating "niche-ministry" he's launched to reach this community. This is...

You've opened your church's Facebook or Twitter account...and you stare at the screen, wondering what content you should be posting on a regular basis. Social Media is about being social online. Don't jump too quickly into asking your community to do something. They need to "know, like and trust" you before...

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    Jonathan Manafo is an artist, pastor & church planter. In this interview he gives some great insights for church leaders looking to connect with their communities. Listen in for the heart behind making and impact ... and for practical advice on how to make in...

To finish up the summer, our church hosted a series called Home Run Faith. We drew on the language and imagery of professional baseball to help people better understand New Testament characters and apply core life lessons. "Is your faith stuck in the minors or are you ready for the...

Warren Bird and Leadership Network have again released a study that church leaders need to pay attention to! This time they've set out to study 727 large churches (1,000-30,000 in weekend attendance) through the Leadership Network/Vanderbloemen 2014 Large Church Salary Report. You should take some time to dig through this report,...

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    William has been able to combine over 15 years of ministry experience as a Senior Pastor with the best practices of Executive Search to provide churches with a unique offering: a deep understanding of local church work with the very best knowledge and practices of...

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    Growing churches today are utilizing multisite and church planting strategies to reproduce themselves for greater outreach and impact. This interview features a robost conversation with Jim Tomberlin & Tim Cool about the new rules for church buildings in a multisite, church planting, and giga-church world....

I've been thinking about this #IceBucketChallenge and how it's proven that smartphone videos are simple to produce and effective in communicating. How are you using the movie studio in your pocket to communicate with your people? Here are some ideas you can try this week! Volunteer Thank You // After your...

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY0IRo8LJyU] In case you've been asleep for the last two weeks ... here is Wikipedia's description of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge: The Ice Bucket Challenge, sometimes called the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, is an activity involving dumping a bucket of ice water on one's head or donating to...