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Mission Teams by Tom Bandy Think of a mission team like a battery. The energy requires two poles to be connected to the Spirit. The first pole is the mentor … this is

Property By: Tom Bandy Do we buy and renovate, rent and redecorate, or build and design? Any of the alternatives might be a good move, but in order to make a decision with

Finance By: Tom Bandy As I write this, it is almost April, and another tax deadline looms. People over 45 are scrambling to get their tax receipts from the church, so they can

Communication By: Tom Bandy The more worship becomes part of a discipline of spiritual growth, the more churches are finding ways to interface worship with long-distance education. The Uncommon Lectionary, for example, really

A Kingdom Mindset is What We Need By: Bill Easum The other day a church planter told me “Now that we are up and running and growing we've had several churches in the

Why Church Plants Don't Reach Their Potential By: Bill Easum My hearts aches. Too many new church plants either don’t make it past eighteen months or remain so small they can barely survive,