Matt Carter joined Ed Stetzer to talk about church culture, small groups and missional communities on this episode of The Exchange.
http://vimeo.com/channels/309137/101401835
Carter serves as the pastor of Preaching & Vision at the Austin Stone Community Church in Austin, ...
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4 Steps to Community Engagement –
How Churches Can Impact Their Community
I've said many times before that if the 1950s were to make a comeback, there would be all too many churches who could go on without missing a beat. The good news is that they found a ministry strategy that works. The bad news is that the ...
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Lead Your Church to Partner in the Gospel –
When we fly on an airplane, we are associated with the people surrounding us. We are on the same flight. We experience the same bumps, the same views, and the same food. We arrive at the same gate, at the same time, peruse the same magazine in the seat pocket in front of us, ...
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Trends in Church Staffing –
William Vanderbloemen, founder and CEO of Vanderbloemen Search Group, discusses the trend of hiring church staff who are able to train and lead leaders in ministry instead of just hiring specialized ministers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyYi1TRi5a4
This video is courtesy ...
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Leadership Roundup: Articles Worth Reading –
Prioritize Reaching Students with the Gospel by Ben Trueblood on Student Ministry
"[God] has called us to reach students with the gospel. You can’t go and make disciples without going. We can’t sit in our churches hoping that it happens any longer. We must go to the lost students ...
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Know What You Cannot Do: Ministry Fence Post No. 4 –
This is the fifth and final blog post in a series regarding pastors developing healthy boundaries in their ministry. I'm sharing four key points in the process, thinking of them as four fence posts around a healthy ministry.
I have already shared the first three "posts:" ...
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