2022 Sermon Planning Resource
Would you like a guide to help you prepare long-term sermon planning for next year? Here is a free resource to help you plan where God is leading you to lead your congregation.…
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Multiplication Mindset
A church that is built on the strength of a few personalities or skills will crumble once those isolated components are gone. To fulfill the Great Commission, a church must prioritize a multiplication mindset.…
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Family Formative
Once you realize that the most critical spiritual environment is the one in which we live, you will want to do everything within your power to equip the family to be who God has called them to be. How can your church be family formative?…
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Spiritually-Engaged Parents of Camp-Bound Students
Is your child going to church camp this summer? Make sure you think about your role to ensure that experience serves him or her well for a long time.…
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Ministry Is Both Ability and Availability
We often pit ministry ability and availability as competing goals, but, in reality, they are complimentary parts of the whole. To impact people significantly, we cannot neglect either the public or the personal side of ministry.…
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The Crazy Uncle in the SBC
For all the good that the Southern Baptist Convention does, there are those members out there embarrassing the rest of the family. After our victory for biblical inerrancy, I pray we do not lose the battle for ministry integrity.…
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When Pastors Fail to Lead a Staff
Pastors are often so busy that they fail to address one critical area – charting the course for the rest of the ministry team. When pastors fail to lead a staff, the staff often fails to lead the church.…
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When God Uses Our Busted Efforts
Have you ever felt like something you were supposed to do well just fell flat? Sometimes God makes the best out of what you think to be the worst. …
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What A̶t̶t̶r̶a̶c̶t̶s̶ Keeps People at Church
People come to church due to a place, personality, program, or people. But why do they stay? That's a whole different reason.…
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When Burrito Rollers Are Trained Better Than Ministry Leaders
Many of us got our first ministry opportunity before we ever received intentional training. Are we in danger of not taking the most important work seriously enough?…
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Distinctly Chosen
You might have a million reasons to why God shouldn't use you, but He is not frightened by your insecurities or inabilities. Jesus is calling you to follow Him simply because He wants you.…
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Offering a Hand Up, Not Just a Hand Out
Learn from Miracle Hill's President and Rocky Creek member, Ryan Duerk, as he describes their ministry and teaches on a nontoxic approach to helping the least and the lost. You can offer a hand up, not just a hand out.…
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