We Get What We Expect (And We Expect What We Get)
We all have expectations. Expectations for our staff, their board, attendance, programs, and plans. Some aim high to break new highs,...
Embracing a New Advent Experience
Mike Bonem and Matt Steen discuss how the pandemic is changing how we are approaching the upcoming Advent season.
Christmas Disrupted: Planning for a Christmas Like No Other
There is no doubt that Christmas 2020 will be different from any other we’ve experienced. We have the potential to reach more people in...
Church, Keep Innovating!
Don’t settle back into the comfort of getting all of your previous activities and programs to resume. Keep Innovating!
Renew, Rethink, and Release
In this video, Tim Cool and Matt Steen discuss how the pandemic has accelerated change in the church . . . in both good ways and in bad...
This is a great time to be a pastor!
Matt Steen talks with Reggie McNeal about discipleship in the age of the pandemic, how we can be shifting, & an exciting new opportunity!
The Youth Pastor Compensation Survey 2020
Youth Pastors want to turn their calling into a sustainable career, but how can they when they are typically the lowest-paid position on...
The Church Guest Experience
Have we been too building-centric as a church? The pandemic has taught us that church isn't about a one-hour service on Sundays.
When You Have a Jerk on Your Church Staff
And most everyone has worked with or for a jerk at some point in their ministry. It's funny. I hear stories about jerks in ministry nearly...