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10 Ways to Reach Unchurched People at Christmas
Christmas and Advent are just around the corner! As churches seek to celebrate the Incarnation, big plans often go into place. We decorate the whole church, plan special services, and even host Christmas parties with a particularly jolly special guest. But would...
50 Ways to Improve Adult Education
Sunday School? Bible study? Series study? These are all possible ways to include adult education into the life of your church. In this handy list from the Lewis Center for Church Leadership, there are 50 tips for improving your church's adult education...
Stained Glass, Steeples, and Financial Stability
As all of our Project Thrive churches well know, church buildings can be both an asset and a liability to ministry. Within those buildings are decades (and in some places centuries) of history and heritage. In the South, predominantly Black churches carry a special...
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“Dignity and Respect” Key to Missions
We have all seen it. A church has a wonderful clothes closet or food bank or some other resource-giving ministry that just makes you feel kind of sad. Oftentimes, churches will invest the minimum to make spaces welcoming in exchange for reaching more people with more...
How Can the Church Respond to the Rise of the Nones?
It may sound like a broken record for regular readers of our blog posts, but the so-called "Nones"* are a big demographic in our communities. In this blog for the Lewis Center for Church Leadership, friend of Project Thrive Dr. Ryan Burge discusses ways churches can...
Ministry Opportunity: Congregations Can Help Each Other
During our Microgrant Retreat last week, we saw something amazing happen. As churches spoke about their microgrant plans, other churches offered feedback and ideas, leading to a sense of shared purpose and mission between the persons in attendance. Congregations work...