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ADMINISTRATION & BUDGETING

Budget preparation for recession...

Church embezzlement protect...

Church space & next generations...

Handbook policy manual 411...

Housing allowance...

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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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 

AI - Evangelical statement ERLC...

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BOARD MEMBERS, ELDERS, XP

15 Elder qualifications...

Disagreeing without drawing blood...

Executive Pastor relationship

Removing a board/elder...​

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BUILDING/MULTI-SITE LOCATION

The big things with your facilities...

Is your church facility safe...

Your exterior is important...

Launching a multi-site location...

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CALLING: YOURS AND OTHERS

Called to the ministry...

Called to the ministry Pt 2...

Calling the called to the ministry...

Calling: revisiting your call...

Family impacted by calling...

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...

Verses to support calling...

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CAPITAL CAMPAIGNS

7 Pitfalls...

What is a capital campaign...

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CAREER, TAX, & FINANCIAL

Do churches want long-term pastors or star athletes...

Interviewing for a job...

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...

Blindsided meetings 

Conflict and criticism...

Creeds, confessions, & catechisms are they ok...

Criticism, how to receive it...

Elections: How to handle...

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...

Responding to critics...

Women Pastors...

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CHURCH DOCUMENTS

Documents to weather storms...

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CHURCH LIFECYCLE

Comprehensive guide...

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CHURCH PLANTING

Church planting & things to...

3 ways to love your wife well...

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COMMUNICATION

Communication director advice...

Communication mistakes...

Church newsletter email tips...

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COUNSELING MINISTRY

6 safeguards in pastoral counseling...

Biblical counseling (AUDIO)...

Best online certification programs...

Counseling resources...

Church laws and advice...

Legal issues with counseling...

Suicide and how to minister...

Training programs...

Counseling service online...

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FAMILY - SPOUSE/CHILDREN

Pastor's wife and transparency...

10 Dangerous distractions...

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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...

Membership meetings...

On-boarding volunteers...

Parking teams matter 8 seconds...

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INTERNSHIPS & APPRENTICES

4 essential components​

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LGBTQ+

Discipling your church in an LGBTQ...

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LEADERSHIP GENERAL ADVICE

Four habits of a healthy team...

Arrogant church pastors/leaders...

Be seen in unusual places...

Building strong teams...

Change: Leading church thru...

Change: Navigating it...

Change advice as a new Pastor...

Dangerous Distractions...

Difficult decisions...

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 daily tips...

Leadership resolutions for 2023 

Mentor a college student...

Metric for determining the evangelistic health of your church...

One thing that could change it all...

People-pleasing pastor...

Pastors struggle w/ prayer.

Prayer and its importance...

Productivity help...

Pastor credibility...

Protect the flock...

Seminary and what it did not teach...

6 Habits to help you...

6 leadership habits needed...

Retire: When and how...

Small town pastoring tips...

Stanley on ministry...

Sunday morning advice...

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... 

Vision casting...

Vulnerable without freaking church...

What pastors wished they had been prepared for...

Wish someone had taught 12...

Wife of pastor & her role...

Women on church board...

Well respected leader qualities...

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LEADERSHIP FAILURES

Abusive leader: How to spot..

Abuse and response to...

Advice to pastors by Andy Stanley...

Bad leaderships signs...

Blame others...

Books from fallen leaders...

Brunson & persecution

Church leaders bad.

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...

Six Habits to help you...

Unaware leader, the 10 signs...

Warning signs of church health...

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MENTAL HEALTH & LIFE BALANCE

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 - 5 lies that lead...

Burnout - Why pastors are burning out...

Care for yourself...

Dark nights of the soul and 6 ways to deal with them...

Depression & 18% deal with it...

Discouraged, read to go?

Easter motivation...

Easy for pastors to fall into danger...

Exercise and its importance...

Friendships needed with other pastors...

Hurting pastors - 11 pains...

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...

Weary - advice for Pastors

Work life balance...

5/25 Work balance: 75% of pastors are extremely stressed and 90% work between 55-75 hours per week...

Worries keep you up at night...

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NEXT GENERATION

Next generation awareness.

Next generation leaders..

Young pastor needs mentor..

7 ways to include young leaders...

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ONLINE

Do we really need to continue a digital strategy in church...

Online church perspective..

Social media tips...

Online is not killing your in-person service...

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PRAYER MINISTRY

8 ways to become a praying church...

Prayers to comfor the dying...

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PODCASTS

Rise & Fall of Mars Hill (MST LISTEN)...

John Maxwell...

Rainer on Leadership...

Unstuck...

Carey Nieuwhof...

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POLITICS

Politics and the Pastor...

Politics and the church...

President or pastors are best at addressing societal challenges...

Protect the flock...

Reset agenda & James Dobson...

Separation of Church & State..

Should pastors endorse...

Stanley on politics Pt 1..

Stanley and politics Pt 2..

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SEMINARIES

What seminaries did not teach your local pastor...

What is the largest seminary in America and what are the rankings...

Loan forgiveness for Pastors...

Why get a MDiv (VIDEO)...

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SERMONS & PREACHING

Biblical worldview and pastors...

Confidence in the pulpit...

Father's day sermon ideas...

Graduates - best Bible verses...

Invitations pastor miss...

Pastoring is more than preaching...

Plagiarism with sermons

Preaching concerns...

Preaching takes hard work...

Sermon clips-how to minutes...

Sermons: What makes preaching compelling Rick Warren...

Sermon content - Gallup...

Sermon not connecting...

Sleeping people during sermons...

Thanksgiving sermon illustrations

Top 4 most popular sermons on youtube in 2022...

Ultimate guide to writing sermons...

What NOT to preach...

When sermons stink...

Why I lead the sinner's prayer...

Why we need sermon feedback...

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SERMON PREPARATION

J.D. Greear encourages researchers...

Don't settle for status quo...

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SOCIAL MEDIA

Questions

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SOUTHERN BAPTIST 411

Questions about SBC membership...

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STAFF, HR AND PERSONNEL

5 essential tips for remote teams...

Crisis with church staff and recommendations...

Dismissing an employee...

Employee improvement plan...

Keeping staff is a challenge...

Office hours for staff...

6 best practices for screening staff...

Staff pay guidelines...

Severance packages...

Summer tips for ministry leaders...

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THEOLOGY & WORLDVIEW

Biblical worldview and pastors...

Franklin Graham responds to survey of pastors...

Heresies: Modern and subtle

37% Pastors have a biblical..

OPN:Christians and Pride patch..

SB theologians clarify the term pastor...

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WEDDINGS

How to handle difficult families...

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WORSHIP/SUNDAY MORNING

Getting it right on Sunday AM...

Worship checklist if it is working...

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YOUTH MINISTRY

College Ministry and how to minister

Keep your youth pastor (5 ways)...

Youth ministry is more important now than ever...

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