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Resources
Budget preparation for recession...
Church embezzlement protect...
Church space & next generations...
Handbook policy manual 411...
How to structure for growth...
How to prevent financial fraud...
Inflation: understanding imp...
Multi-site your church or not...
Pay and 5 ways to take care of staff...
Rebuilding church post covid..
Setting priorities in the church...
Structure to support serving...
6/1 Six steps to protect your church from online fraud...​
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AI - Evangelical statement ERLC...
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BOARD MEMBERS, ELDERS, XP
15 Elder qualifications...
Disagreeing without drawing blood...
Executive Pastor relationship
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BUILDING/MULTI-SITE LOCATION
The big things with your facilities...
Is your church facility safe...
Launching a multi-site location...
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CALLING: YOURS AND OTHERS
Called to the ministry Pt 2...
Calling the called to the ministry...
Calling: revisiting your call...
How can you tell if God is closing a door...
How to know when it is time to go...
Know your calling & 5 ways to know...
Qualifications of a calling...
Revisiting your call...
Stay the course even when hard...
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CAPITAL CAMPAIGNS
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CAREER, TAX, & FINANCIAL
Do churches want long-term pastors or star athletes...
Pastors want to quit...
Quitting and why pastors want to...
Quitting the call, Piper's advice...
Top tax mistakes made by ministers
When is it time to leave...
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CHALLENGING TOPICS
Alcohol. Does it have a place...
Creeds, confessions, & catechisms are they ok...
Criticism, how to receive it...
Frustrating people in the church...
I work for condescending pastor...
LGBTQ+ and how to pastor...
Legal matters should concern pastors...
Membership 5 reasons why vital...
Monday's are hard, don't quit...
Politics, what can pastors do...
Political division: What to do...
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CHURCH DOCUMENTS
Documents to weather storms...
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CHURCH LIFECYCLE
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CHURCH PLANTING
Church planting & things to...
3 ways to love your wife well...
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Communication director advice...
Church newsletter email tips...
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6 safeguards in pastoral counseling...
Biblical counseling (AUDIO)...
Best online certification programs...
Legal issues with counseling...
Suicide and how to minister...
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FAMILY - SPOUSE/CHILDREN
Pastor's wife and transparency...
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HISPANIC
8 Hispanic values to keep in mind...
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HOSPITALITY, DISCIPLESHIP, MEMBERSHIP & GREETING TEAM
Discipleship path in the church...
First time guests advice...
High attendance Sunday...
On-boarding volunteers...
Parking teams matter 8 seconds...
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Discipling your church in an LGBTQ...
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Four habits of a healthy team...
Arrogant church pastors/leaders...
Be seen in unusual places...
Change: Leading church thru...
Change advice as a new Pastor...
Difficult pastor/manager is you...
Every pastor struggles with one...
Finishing well: 10 characteristics of finishing well...
Four stages of a pastor's life...
Greatest leadership message from a pastor...
Hard work hasn't produced growth...
How and win to leave the ministry...
How do you know it's time to leave...
How to structure for growth...
How should I serve after I retire...
Leadership resolutions for 2023
Metric for determining the evangelistic health of your church...
One thing that could change it all...
Pastors struggle w/ prayer.
Productivity help...
Pastor credibility...
Seminary and what it did not teach...
Small town pastoring tips...
Team, 5 ways to work together...
Ten diseases that hurt the church...
Three ways pastors make it harder...
Time management for pastors...
Time and Pastors...
Vulnerable without freaking church...
What pastors wished they had been prepared for...
Wish someone had taught 12...
Women on church board...
Well respected leader qualities...
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Abuse and response to...
Advice to pastors by Andy Stanley...
Brunson & persecution
Church staff moral fails..
Distrust your pastor...
Leadership: 12 things that say you have stopped growing...
Rise & Fall of Mars Hill...
Risky habits - top 6...
Risky habits for a pastor...
Unaware leader, the 10 signs...
Warning signs of church health...
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3 simple time management tools...
7 Ways to ensure you miss summer..
10 traits of pastors who finished...
2 Ways to jeopardize your job...
15 signs you need a day off...
Boundaries and how to create healthy ones...
Burnout for pastors...
Burnout - Why pastors are burning out...
Dark nights of the soul and 6 ways to deal with them...
Depression & 18% deal with it...
Easy for pastors to fall into danger...
Exercise and its importance...
Friendships needed with other pastors...
Inner critic and how to deal with it...
Loneliness and how to deal with it...
Life balance...
Making the ministry harder than it...
Marriage divided by ministry...
Marriage advice 12 advice tips...
Marriage myths in the ministry...
My work as a pastor nearly killed me...
Pain: 7 posts on ministry pain....
Pain with family suffering pt 1
Pain with family suffering pt 2
Physically active and the benefits...
Quitting and why pastors want to...
Rest: 5 signs you need it...
Rest: How to take a sabbath...
Running on fumes...
Seminary and what it did not teach...
Stress areas for pastors..
Thrive: 3 practices to help...
Trust in God in the desert...
Trusting God: 96% of pastors say they need to personally work on it...
Time alone is needed...
Worries keep you up at night...
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NEXT GENERATION
7 ways to include young leaders...
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ONLINE
Do we really need to continue a digital strategy in church...
Social media tips...
Online is not killing your in-person service...
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8 ways to become a praying church...
Prayers to comfor the dying...
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Rise & Fall of Mars Hill (MST LISTEN)...
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Politics and the church...
President or pastors are best at addressing societal challenges...
Reset agenda & James Dobson...
Separation of Church & State..
Stanley on politics Pt 1..
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What seminaries did not teach your local pastor...
What is the largest seminary in America and what are the rankings...
Loan forgiveness for Pastors...
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SERMONS & PREACHING
Biblical worldview and pastors...
Graduates - best Bible verses...
Pastoring is more than preaching...
Sermon clips-how to minutes...
Sermons: What makes preaching compelling Rick Warren...
Sleeping people during sermons...
Thanksgiving sermon illustrations
Top 4 most popular sermons on youtube in 2022...
Ultimate guide to writing sermons...
Why I lead the sinner's prayer...
Why we need sermon feedback...
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J.D. Greear encourages researchers...
Don't settle for status quo...
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Questions about SBC membership...
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5 essential tips for remote teams...
Crisis with church staff and recommendations...
Keeping staff is a challenge...
Office hours for staff...
6 best practices for screening staff...
Summer tips for ministry leaders...
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Biblical worldview and pastors...
Franklin Graham responds to survey of pastors...
37% Pastors have a biblical..
OPN:Christians and Pride patch..
SB theologians clarify the term pastor...
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How to handle difficult families...
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Getting it right on Sunday AM...
Worship checklist if it is working...
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College Ministry and how to minister
Keep your youth pastor (5 ways)...
Youth ministry is more important now than ever...
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