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By Dan Iten According to a recent Lifeway Research survey, 76% of pastors said that fostering connections with unchurched people is an area of difficulty to which they need to give specific attention or invest more time. In the responses, 28% of pastors selected this answer ...
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We are excited to announce, The 1 Ministry Question podcast, the newest podcast from the Lifeway Leadership Podcast Network. The 1 Ministry Question podcast, hosted by Todd Adkins, Daniel Im, and Dan Iten is brought to you by Lifeway Leadership.  In each episode, the hosts ...
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By Todd Adkins What ministry is most essential to your church right now and how do you carry it out? My favorite explanation of these approaches comes from John Kotter and Dan Cohen in The Heart of Change. They summarize the rational approach as ...
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By Todd Adkins We know our job as church leaders is to give the ministry away by equipping the saints for the work of the ministry. But the reality is you can't actually give that ministry away until you have clarified it enough and simplified it enough to hand off. I want to ...
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By Todd Adkins We cannot eliminate uncertainty in this time. We can only address what is known and what is knowable. And when it comes to the number of volunteers we will need and in what positions we will need them, there's a fair amount of uncertainty moving forward, if we ...
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By Todd Adkins As church leaders, we must keep our teams optimistic, flexible, and focus on those essential ministries right now that absolutely have to happen. We need to help them shift their mind to a "we've got to make this work" approach rather than derailing themselves ...
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