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Three Churches Building Online Community
Luke Edwards | 6 Apr 2021
The church has moved online. And this year has taught us that some aspects of church are harder than others to practice on the internet. When I ask folks what...
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12 Questions Resilient Leaders Are Asking
29 Mar 2021
With vaccinations rolling out around the world everything is changing again! It’s impossible to predict what to expect in the years to come, but there are clear trends that church...
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10 Ways The Church Can Help Provide Healing in This Wounding Season
J.R. Briggs | 25 Mar 2021
The world has been wounded, all while the Church in the West continues to lose credibility and authority. Christian history is full of examples of faith-filled compassionate followers of Jesus...
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Learn How Your Church Can Worship Both Online and In-Person in Innovative Ways
8 Jan 2021
The year 2020 brought about seismic shifts in the way we engage in weekly worship, but the Good News of Jesus Christ has remained the same. In this new season...
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Preaching When Everything Has Changed
Bob Hyatt | 6 Jan 2021
About 20 years ago I was helping out a friend who was the young adults pastor at a medium-sized church in the Portland, OR area. The pastor and main Sunday...
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Simple Ways to Move From Online Audiences to Online Community
Luke Edwards | 19 Oct 2020
While the first six months of the pandemic have been marked by churches discovering how to worship online, I believe the next six months will be marked by churches learning to create community online.
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Making Sense of the Chaos
Ann Marie Carley | 16 Oct 2020
As churches re-enter their buildings, things seem less safe and it is much harder to ignore reality. There is no way to not see the roped off pews or the empty seats. Those coming to worship onsite can look around and see “everyone” is not there. There is no way to safely engage in all of the activities from the good old days, making it painfully obvious that if new ways of connecting with people are not determined, the current generation occupying the space within the church may be the last.
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How Fresh Expressions Helped Us Pivot
Ann Marie Carley | 9 Oct 2020
As I was setting up the space within our building for the first onsite worship experience in over six months, I found myself chuckling. This space isn’t our traditional sanctuary....
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What Does A Resilient Church Look Like Now?
Matt Lake | 29 Sep 2020
I suffer from what one might call “Password-itis.” And I would define it as the inability to remember passwords. Anywhere. Anytime. Of any length. Even when the password is easy...
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Why Listening is More Important Now Than Ever
Shannon Kiser | 21 Aug 2020
Recently, Phil Collin’s “In the Air Tonight,” which was originally released in 1980, hit the charts again. Why? Because twin You Tubers went viral. These Gen-Z teens have populated their...