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How much “Klout” does a church leader need?
There's a relatively new website out there called Klout.com. Heard of it? Klout actually measures your online influence. Your Klout score takes into account how much you post to Facebook, how often …
| There's a relatively new website out there called Klout.com. Heard of it? Klout actually measures your online influence. Your Klout score takes into account how much you post to Facebook, how often you're retweeted on Twitter, how many people view … |
 | Churches want, and rightly so, for their extended communities to speak well of them. These days, a lot of time and money goes into promulgation of good PR about the local church—particularly the "humungo" local church. While all that is going … |
| When I was 8 years old, I won the Saline County Fair talent show in Michigan. My challenger was a bratty girl with a big stuffed animal singing "what's up pussycat". When it was my turn, I walked onto the stage and sang "The Grandmother Song". It … |
| You may think that worship in the Episcopalian church is mostly about ritual, but you'd be wrong—as it turns out! My wife and I have been honored by the Episcopal Diocese of Kansas to give several of its leaders an introductory glimpse at the … |
| I have an announcement to make: I love announcement time. Really, I do! I wouldn't want to worship without it. But I know so many church leaders who treat announcement time as a waste of time, a necessary evil. They'll call attention to a few blurbs … |
 | In Something by Tolstoi author Tennessee Williams tells the story of Jacob Brodzky, a shy Russian Jew whose father owned a bookstore. The elder Brodzky wanted his son to go to college. But Jacob desired nothing but to marry Lila, his childhood … |
 | The Little Drummer Boy first came into my life when I was six years old. A cousin had a record player with a red 45 RPM single of that song. I stood perfectly still and all alone in the playroom and listened to that song again and again. The music … |
 | I once told my wife that I was thinking about writing a book on mistakes I've made in ministry. She suggested that I reconsider since it would have to be a multi-volume series. One of the biggest mistakes I made when I served as pastor of four … |
 | "Can a small group of people who see and respond differently to the world make a difference? Indeed, history shows it is the only thing that ever has." (Margaret Mead) Zambia is a developing country in Southern Africa. Only 6% of the population is … |
| Mr. Jobs was a Buddhist, but that doesn't disqualify him from having been wise about how Christian worship ticks. My wife said I shouldn't write this because it was too much like piling on the "What Would Steve Do" bandwagon, but I just couldn't … |
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Externally Focused Churches Becoming the New Norm
Community service is becoming a normal part of being a regular churchgoer whether that means participating in large scale, church wide opportunities, or independent projects with small groups members …Type: White PaperSponsored by: Leadership Network -
Fast Forwarding Your Church's Engagement in the Community
More churches are pioneering a shift toward community service. Not only are they deploying their own members; they are engaging people outside the church to work in the community. Missional Churches …Type: White PaperSponsored by: Leadership Network -
Churches in Missional Renaissance
There is a new Spirit-breeze blowing through many churches—a missional renaissance. These churches no longer exist primarily to expand and improve their own organizations but to transform their …Type: Case StudySponsored by: Leadership Network -
Missional Households
How important is it to church families that they serve the community together? According to a Baylor University School of Social Work survey,it's very important and families desire the church to help …Type: ResearchSponsored by: Leadership Network -
Planting a New Outreach Ministry
Large churches have been planting second sites of ministry for some time, but today even medium-sized churches are seeing the value in establishing another site of outreach.Type: White PaperSource: ChurchCentral.com
