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February 23, 2022 0 Comments

Ray is twenty-seven years old and works in IT at the local university. He’s been married for three years and he and Jessica just had a baby girl a couple of months ago.

February 19, 2022 2 Comments

As a church pastor, training your hospitality team to hone their greeting and engagement skills will help grow your congregation. Seeing that your guests are warmly welcomed by many of your members and

February 19, 2022 0 Comments

This is Part Two of a Three Part series on effective hospitality. (Part 1) Help your greeting team to understand the importance of the first impression that they make on your guests. These

February 2, 2022 0 Comments

The word “mentor” is defined as “a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.” Throughout my over 30 years of pastoral ministry, I have had many trusted teachers who have counseled me, encouraged me,

January 18, 2022 0 Comments

Some years ago, after reading David Murrow’s book, “Why Men Hate Going to Church”, I realized that most people assume that men are just less religious than women, but this is untrue. Other

December 13, 2021 0 Comments

A growing church is a byproduct of courageous leadership that prays boldly for a vision from God and then takes bold action that honors the vision God has given. But too many churches