By Thomas C. Brown on Jul 10, 2022
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Greater is the value of personal intimacy with God than busyness for him. Service must follow surrender and solitude.
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By Rachel Wrenn on Oct 23, 2025
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"Mildred" loves the Lord, shows up early for service--and falls asleep nearly every week. What to do?
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By Mark Pierce on Sep 15, 2020
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Using just 7-10 minutes of your service, you can have children asking to come back to church. Here's how.
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By Jared Moore on May 7, 2023
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If you want to help your hearers focus on God and think on God when they leave your service, then here are 11 things that you cannot do.
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By Charles Stone on Aug 16, 2022
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“Two things you can’t avoid in ministry are…people late to the service and … church critics.” In this short post, I suggest 10 ways to handle the church critic.
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By Charles Stone on Jun 15, 2023
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Pastors must craft compelling, Spirit-led services if we are to entice the unchurched to attend and keep attending. What they experience at church must be worth the price of giving up their relaxing mornings at home.
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By Chris Pascarella on Nov 6, 2022
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"According to Scripture, pastors are called to equip the flock to do the work of ministry!"
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By Lance Witt on Jan 2, 2022
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Every single week people walk into your church and for the most part they seem to have it together. They make small talk, they dress appropriately, they participate congenially, they listen politely, and at the end of the service they file out quietly.
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By Ron Edmondson on Feb 9, 2021
Whether it’s church planting or encouraging church revitalization and growth of an existing church – if God calls you to it, and you are faithful to the call – you’ll feel His pleasure upon your obedience and service.
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By Lance Witt on Mar 10, 2021
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In my ministry Replenish, I am often asked “how do you know if a church is healthy”? What I know for sure is that the size of a church or it’s rate of growth or what happens on the platform in a weekend worship service is NOT a sure-fire indicator of health.
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By Dean Hawk on Aug 2, 2023
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I’m curious. When and where did ministers first begin asking people to bow their heads, close their eyes, and secretly raise their hand in a church service if they wanted to accept Jesus? Why do we feel like we need to sneak people into heaven?
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By Lisa Eifert on May 15, 2024
Getting kids to VBS is big step. It’s a great way to help kids during the vulnerable summer months and introduce new families to your church. Communication and promotion are key steps to ensuring your church reaches as many kids as possible. There’s a lot that can be done to promote it so remember to call on your teens and a powerful group message service like One Call Now.
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By Lance Witt on Feb 8, 2021
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I confess to you that I am a hurrier. I wish I had a dollar for every time my kids have heard me say in an agitated tone “Hurry up!” Sometimes I walk in a hurry and leave my wife behind. When I have to wait in line, or a flight gets delayed, or there is dead time in a worship service, or someone is telling a long story, I find myself internally saying, “Could you please hurry up?”
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