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What Role Does Preaching Play in the Capital Campaign?

Doug Turner

Capital campaigns are a very important moment in the life of a church. You look in the Old Testament, and Israel never built buildings out of the tithe. Israel built buildings out of capital campaigns. So Moses said to the people of Israel, we’re going to build this Tabernacle, bring all your stuff in. They would bring all their stuff in, and finally Moses said, we have enough, don’t bring anymore in. No other leader of God’s people has gotten to say that since, but it was said once, and then in the building of the Temple. David says the same thing. He leads the people to give over and above the tithe for the building of the Temple.The first thing pastors have to do is to be willing to lead transparently, and that means they have to communicate transparently. What does this...

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Developing a Vision for Emerging Generations

Jay Strother

Moral Therapeutic Deists. In 2005, University of North Carolina sociologist Christian Smith coined that phrase to describe the core religious values held by the vast majority of the next generation of...
When Do We Build?

Michael Duduit

It’s exciting for pastors and church leaders to see people coming to Christ on a regular basis through the ministry of their church. It’s also a joy to have new people choose to join your church as they...
3 Reasons You Should Attend a Pastors Conference this Year

Michael Duduit

You see the brochures come across your desk, you read the email announcements, you hear ministry colleagues talk about a recent one they’ve attended – they are conferences for pastors and church leaders,...
Producing a Comeback Church

Ed Stetzer and Mike Norman

In a study that resulted in our book Comeback Churches (BH Publishing), 324 comeback churches were surveyed in order to seek answers to the questions of what and how to make a comeback...
Moving Tips for Pastors

Rachel Harrold

For many pastors, moving and transition can become a way of life. Beyond the ministerial issues of church transition, there are many practical issues to consider when uprooting to a new place. Here are...
The Church Changed, and Nobody Told Us

Elmer L. Towns, Ed Stetzer, & Warren Bird

As part of an experiment, I (Ed) encouraged all members of a 35- attendee congregation, which had a median age of 68 years, to visit five churches that had proven to be effective in reaching younger adults...