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Chris Morton
Holy Week: Five Crucial Reminders
Chris Morton | 25 Mar 2024
As Church Leaders, it’s easy to get caught up in executing events and programs and forget why we do things. But the significant moments of the Christian year are essential...
Worship in the Wild: Five Stories of Church Outside
Chris Morton | 10 Mar 2024
It’s 70 degrees and sunny. After a long week of work, household chores, and childrearing, I have a choice: spend my Sunday morning sitting in rows inside or get outside,...
AI: 5 Things Church Leaders Need to Understand About the Ultimate Disruptor
Chris Morton | 17 Jul 2023
Would you go to a church led by and AI pastor? In June 2023, 300 people attended the first-ever church service led by Artificial Intelligence at a Protestant Church in...
Seven Touches: Why One Sermon Isn’t Enough
Chris Morton | 17 Aug 2022
It’s frustrating. You see a problem that your church is facing, but you also see a significant opportunity to address it. More than that, the solution you have in mind...
5 Ways Churches Leaders Can Respond When People Don’t Come Back
Chris Morton | 21 Oct 2021
Church leaders may be eager to return to life as normal, but the pandemic has changed us. Even the most energetic churches are seeing only a fraction of their attendees return.
“What If They Don’t Come Back?” 4 Opportunities for Churches Post-Pandemic
Chris Morton | 20 May 2021
“What if they don’t come back?” As vaccination spreads and pandemic restrictions ease, this is the anxious question in the back of many church leader’s minds. Some churches haven’t met...
Five Steps Normal Churches Can Take to Massively Upgrade their Online Presence
Chris Morton | 15 Apr 2021
There are only so many hours in the week—and no one feels this more than the busy Pastor. For over a decade, churches have been moving online, some haphazardly or...
Ministry in an Age of Virtual Vices and Villains
Chris Morton | 23 Oct 2020
You can develop a clear strategy for how to incorporate digital media into all levels of your ministry in the Digital Ministry Track of the Resilient Church Academy, beginning January 15....
Churches Who Survive the Pandemic Will do Three Things
Chris Morton | 28 Jul 2020
With over three months of pandemic life behind us, the world has changed. With a vaccine months away at best, increasing financial turmoil alongside the global response to the killing...
Your Church is Full of Potential Pioneers. Here are Five You Might Have Missed.
Chris Morton | 2 Dec 2019
Who is missing from your church leadership? Who are the women and men who God has called, but may not yet be leading? What would it look like for you to affirm, encourage and equip them to start a fresh expression of Church?
What if We Made Sundays About the Missionaries?
Chris Morton | 21 Oct 2019
Who is your church aiming at on Sunday mornings? Some churches use phrases like “all are welcome” or “come as you are” to describe their gatherings. These are good ideals...
How to Tell the Difference Between a Ministry and a Fresh Expression
Chris Morton | 21 Jun 2019
When you hear a story of a new kind of Church, one that looks different than what you already do on Sundays, it's natural to want to put it in a category.
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