Church Health
7 Insights That Inform How You Talk About Money With Your Church
Insight #1: Sermons On Money Are Powerful There have been a lot of sermons on money. Some good, some bad. Some helpful, some not so much. Some true, some completely false. Some normal, some ludicrously insane. In our opinion, here’s what makes a money sermon a good one: Biblical accuracy. Like all other sermons, money…
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Rocket Donations: A Customer Review
This review of Rocket Donations, our new online tithing platform, comes directly from Keyla Wright, who’s on staff at InSoul Church in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Here she is with her team… This is her review of the product… Here’s a little insight. We have been with Rocket nearly 4 years or so. When we initially…
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#ShareTheLove: 5 Ways to Foster Community in Your Church
We’re in the month of love, and while we harbor St. Valentine no ill will, we like to think of love in terms of more than just the romantic variety. We think, first and foremost, of the love that the church is called to share with the world. As part of our mission to bring…
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3 Ways to Elevate Your Worship Service Using Volunteers
One of the things we talk about in The Sunday Morning System is how to elevate your worship service without the luxury of paid staff and contract talent. In my first church job, one of the things I was involved in was student ministry. Our budget was $20 a week. The volunteers that were in…
Read MorePreach Like Lebron James
Lebron James. Do you ever wish you had his yearly salary? How about for just one day? Yeah, me too. I’d also take his athletic ability, strength, speed, and headband collection. But enough about that. The truth is, preaching like Lebron plays basketball would be a good thing, right? Sure. I mean, he’s one of…
Read More4 things that online giving and the worst cell phones in history have in common
Remember the Microsoft Kin? It was a mobile phone that targeted people between ages 15 and 30. Microsoft invested a billion dollars to get this gadget off the ground in 2010. Within two months, they stopped. Wired.com stated, quite frankly, “Microsoft’s attempt to be hip and cool in mobile is a bust.” The main problem…
Read More20 Ways To Elevate Your Worship Music
Todd Fields, who is the director of all worship music at a 36,000-person church in Atlanta, North Point Community Church, goes content overload on ways that any church can improve their worship music. Todd is has teamed up with some superstars to create a resource just for you, called Worship Rocket, that will push you towards…
Read MoreMore Money In The Church Bank
THE HARDEST part of what we do when it comes to helping your church get more money in the bank… is helping YOU understand how investing money results in more money in the bank. Most churches think the way to increase money in the bank is by merely holding on to what they have, slashing…
Read MoreThe Boredom Storm Of Leading Worship
Sunday morning. 9:10 am. Holiday weekend. It’s raining outside. You woke up with a sore throat. Your keyboard player texted you last night and said he couldn’t make it. You and your band are in the opening song of a four-song set. There’s a sea of faces in the crowd staring blankly at you. Well, actually…
Read MoreThe Zombie “Herds” Church Leaders Should Trust: Lebron, VBS Avengers and Thankful Pastors
There’s something to be said about the “herd mentality”. You might know it as the mob mentality. As long as the herd is trustworthy, I’m cool with it. After all, if they are trustworthy then they are likely picking the right product, service or direction…right? Let me illustrate with some examples. Herds You Can’t Trust…
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