Easter is almost here! Today we have some done-for-you content that you can plug into your social networks to help you promote your services. 70% of your people use social media regularly ... how can you leverage that channel in these last few hours before Easter Sunday? Facebook Statuses // Some...

Recently I was at a middle school and saw these bookmarks proudly displayed at the check out. They were no doubt put there to encourage the young people to read more. They are a leveraging the look of the "popular" band AC/DC to help make reading look appealing. The problem...

Today is World Water Day ... this is a cause that has grown to mean a lot to me over the last few years. I'm so proud of Liquid Church because we've really embraced this issue as a church. Your church should be involved in the clean water crisis and...

I've had the amazing privilege of working closely with three different Teaching Pastors. (Bruxy Cavey at The Meeting House, Carey Nieuwhof at Connexus Community Church and currently I'm working with Tim Lucas at Liquid Church.)  Navigating the teaching calendar ... coming up series branding ideas ... trying to figure out what...

Last month I had the privilege of meeting Jake Dudley ... he's a smart, passionate and caring young leader that you need to get to know. He's a part of The Rocket Company team, interns at a thriving Atlanta area church and helps lead a leadership organization helping emerging leaders called The Hive. (Plus...

North Point Community Church is one of the largest and most influential churches in the country. From my perspective, you need to be to learning from this church regardless of what you think about their theological convictions. Here are some reasons you need to pay attention to North Point: Relentless...

Effective church leaders are excellent volunteer managers. Managing volunteer teams within your church is a nuanced and mysterious journey. It's not always obvious what it takes to lead them well! Here are 5 truths that I've uncovered, which weren't obvious to me when I started leading in church: Volunteers are...

Chances are your church is looking for more leaders to serve within various ministries. Whether your kids ministry needs some more coaches to motivate the teams ... or your small group ministry is needs some great new leaders ... or maybe even your weekend services needs some support to ensure...

The late (and great) Howard Hendricks once asked his seminary class "How much ministry does $100 buy?" He paused and his class considered the question.  He went on to answer "About $100 worth!" As church leaders we need to be thinking about the funding of the mission that God has...

Today we have a guest post from Andy Tilly. Andy is the Pastor of Family Ministries at Crosstimber Church in Dallas.  He's an innovative leader in one of most dynamic ministries in the country. He's a speaker, author, consultant, film maker and pretty nice guy! I'm thankful that Andy was...