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5 Compass Points Guide Character Formation and Lifelong Discipleship for Youth
Every church wants to reach young people, and many choose to do that by going with tried-and-not-so-true gimmicks and draws. The secret is simple: just do it well. Youth and young adults today appreciate seriousness and depth when the topic deserves it. In this...
8 Strategies for Reaching and Developing Gen Z
If your church is lucky enough to have Gen Z (folks roughly between the ages 10 - 27 in 2024), you or people in your church might not see them as leaders just yet. But the only way to make leaders is to invest time and trust into their development. In this article...
Is Voting the Best Way to Make Collective Decisions?
How does your church make decisions? Does everyone have a vote? Is there a model of finding consensus? Is there a church-wide conversation or one among a leadership team or among pastors alone? There are many different ways churches arrive at decisions, and each...
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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 ministry.
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...