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20 questions for any "value-add" church
	Many years ago a pastor told me that churches should be like the famous retailer, Nordstrom—welcoming, tasteful, and endlessly helpful. He modeled his ministry around those values and it showed. He deliberately created a "value-add" church …
6 quick-start ideas for a worship-stalled pastor
	New worship service tomorrow night? Just wanna try something different? Gonna wing it? Good grief,what are you thinkin'!? Is this problem bigger than a breadbox? Last week I spent a wonderful hour with a pastor and new acquaintance—let's call …
Make a difference using technology, the Zambian way
	"Can a small group of people who see and respond differently to the world make a difference? Indeed, history shows it is the only thing that ever has." (Margaret Mead) Zambia is a developing country in Southern Africa. Only 6% of the population is …
How to Create a Generosity Culture in Your Church: 5 Things You Need to Do
	By Brian Kluth, Author of the www.GenerousLife.org 30 & 40 Day Devotionals and Founder of www.MAXIMUMgenerosity.org For a car to run well, all the pistons must be firing properly. For a church's finances to run well, all the "generosity" pistons …
Did Steve Job’s give 7 Worship Lessons to the Church? Couldn't help it...
	Mr. Jobs was a Buddhist, but that doesn't disqualify him from having been wise about how Christian worship ticks. My wife said I shouldn't write this because it was too much like piling on the "What Would Steve Do" bandwagon, but I just couldn't …
Storytelling Networks for the YouTube Generation
	"We are lonesome animals. We spend all of our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say-and to feel- 'Yes, that is the way it is, or at least that is the way I feel it.' You're not as …
Internet Outreach: Key to inspiring ideas
	If leaders were to ask team members to generate new ideas describing possibilities for Internet outreach, would more effective ministry result? I believe it would. The key is having a practical process to inspire new ideas; to mobilize your people …
The Internet and the Great Hell Debate
	Then the rich man said, 'Please, Father Abraham, I have five brothers ... warn them so they don't end up in this place of torment.' Luke 16:27-28For weeks now, a torrent of digital media has rocketed onto the national stage a discussion about a book …
Global trends are reshaping Christian media
	On this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Matthew 16:18Trying to keep up with trends in the constantly changing, ever-expanding world of technology and new media is a daunting challenge. Inexact science …
Top 11 Tips to Make Church Giving Pop! in 2011
	Do you want to make a real difference in the lives of your church families in the coming year? Do you want to see people be more joyful, generous, and faithful in their giving to God in 2011? Do you want to see your church and it's ministries …