How To Be A Better Storyteller-Whiteboard Session

If you want to grab your congregation’s attention quickly, use stories. If you want to make it easier for them to remember your sermons, use stories. Jesus was a master storyteller. If He used stories to help his followers understand spiritual truths, shouldn’t we? You bet! Ben Crawshaw explains how in this Whiteboard Session. Check…

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RocketCast 014: How To Recruit Volunteers Without Begging

Ben Crawshaw shares 6 steps to recruit more volunteers. Ben has served in a variety of churches – from a small rural church to the largest church at North Point Community Church. He has led thousands of student pastors through XP3 Curriculum and High School Camp at Orange/ReThink Group. His the author of Make Believe. He…

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RocketCast 011: How To Get Ahead On A Pastor’s Salary

Most pastors spend so much of their time helping others, that they neglect helping themselves. One of the biggest areas this happens with is personal finances. How? Busyness creeps in and before we know it, we haven’t saved any money for a “rainy day”, prepared a savings plan for our children’s college, or budgeted enough…

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3 Ways To Become A Generous Church

3 Ways To Become A Generous Church

Last week, we posted an article on Facebook about how one reason church’s are struggling with engaging their communities, is that they’re too “inward focused” rather than being “outward focused.” So, how can your church become outward focused? By being a generous church. Notice we didn’t say by getting your congregation to be generous, but…

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Psssst, your church staff aren’t faithfully giving…

Last week, we did a live training called 3 Keys To Explosive Church Giving In 2015 and a fantastic question was raised during the Q and A time: “how do I check, and address, staff giving in a healthy way?” Great question! When consulting with churches, we are stunned to hear a senior pastor state that he…

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Staying On Track In 2015

How To Derail Your Ministry And Life In 2015

“Busyness leads to barrenness.” That’s a quote I heard from a pastor a long time ago. He was talking about our tendency to neglect our relationship with God as our schedules fill up and the responsibilities of life crowd out what’s most important. It’s an obvious point, right? I mean, we’re pastors and church leaders.…

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