By Todd Adkins
When you face constraints in ministry, are you a victim, neutralizer, or transformer?
In the book A Beautiful Constraint, the authors found that those who refused to scale back their ambition in the face of constraint were the ones who most likely found ...
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Pastors
When Should You Outsource Work?
By Darrel Girardier
Although keeping work in-house is ideal, there will be moments when there is simply too much work for you or your communication team to handle at one time. Sometimes bringing in outside help to get the job done is necessary.
Outsourcing work gives ...
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What’s Your Contingency Plan?
By Todd Adkins
The purpose of contingency planning is to ensure continuity of church and ministry operations or financial stability. Contingency planning can help churches and ministries recover from disaster and minimize the amount of impact caused by a crisis. The goal of a ...
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Understanding the Journey of an Abuse Survivor
By Brad Hambrick
The better we understand the journey of a survivor before an initial conversation of disclosure with us, as ministry leaders, the better we will understand the “why” behind the “what” of the advisements in Becoming a Church that Cares Well for the ...
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Moving from “We Can’t” to “We Can” in Ministry
By Todd Adkins
As church leaders, we must keep our teams optimistic, flexible, and focused on essential ministry. We must emphasize a “make it work” approach rather than derailing ministry by why it can’t work. About one third of your people are likely still responding to this ...
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4 Unmet Emotional Needs of Pastors
By Joy Allmond
It’s no secret that pastoring is a calling that comes with many demands—pressure to please everyone in the congregation, a burden to keep church finances healthy, and carrying the weight of church growth.
And while pastors work to meet these demands, many of ...
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