strategy

For the last few summers our Family Ministry team has been hosting an arts and music camp called Camp Rock. Our team really does go above and beyond to make it great for our guests who participate. There is a lot that I'd love to celebrate that happens at Camp...

We can get stuck in a rut when it comes to our leadership and church communications. Even in the most "progressive" churches we can just do things the way that they have always been done. Here are a few areas that I think we can suffer from our past habits...

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...

Over the last few months our music team has been working to record, produce and release an original worship song. This song was written by one of our team members and it sprang up out of some stuff that was happening in the life of our church. It's been a...

One of our roles as church leaders is to have our pulse on the shifting cultural around us so we can serve our community better. We need understand the times so we can have clarity on what actions we should be taking as a church. Below are some "signs of the...

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: //    Darsen Sowers is a Kid's Worship leader at Reimage Church in Greenville, NC.  He has written music specifically geared for children ages 3 to 10 and has a passion for reaching the next generation with the message of Jesus. On today's podcast we talk about...

Disclaimer: I'm not a cross-cultural ministry expert and I won't play one on my blog. If you are interested in this topic a must read book in my world is When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself. I also did an interview...

Subscribe to the unSeminary Podcast: //    J. Warner Wallace is a cold-case homicide detective, a Christian case maker and an author. Jim was a conscientious and vocal atheist through his undergraduate and graduate work in Design and Architecture (CSULB and UCLA); he always considered himself to be an “evidentialist”. His experience...

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...