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Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered recovery program offered in over 3,500 churches nationwide and internationally. It is designed to bring ...

I feel we’re getting it wrong when it comes to keeping our churches closed (Andy Stanley) or brazenly opening the ...

In a previous blog post, I shared the Attitudes of a Rock Star Staffer. In this follow-up blog, I wanted ...

Churches that have a desire to use an outreach event aimed at reaching their community for Christ struggle with strategies ...

Many years ago when our church began revitalization, we prayed and asked God who He was calling us to reach ...

When I first came to Oak Ridge, they were using a traditional Sunday School model. Having been engaged in strong ...

I've been listening to sermons for over 40 years now and attempting to preach for over 20 years. There are ...

As of this writing, there are 23 staffers serving at our church. Over the last 20 years, we have seen ...

Erosion occurs when the forces of the environment eat away the foundation on which we are relying. The American family ...

Vacation Bible School (VBS) was born out of an evangelistic passion of Mrs. Walter Aylett Hawes, a doctor's wife. Her ...

Everyone seems mad. Everywhere you look people are mad and they’re taking their anger to the streets. With signs waving ...

In 1999, when I graduated from seminary and prepared to take my first pastorate, there was far more that I ...

Recent events have reminded us that racial tension is alive and well in America. Tempers flare and sides are quickly ...

What I saw from the many comments on my previous post - The Church Isn't Meeting My Needs - Part ...

Over the years I've watched many people come into the church excited only to be MIA within a few short ...

I’ve struggled with depression off and on for many years now. Sometimes it’s been severe but lately it feels like ...

It all began in the United States on January 20, 2020. That was the date of the first confirmed case ...

What’s spreading as fast as the coronavirus? FEAR. Fear is one of our primal emotions. Healthy fear can save your ...

The Coronavirus pandemic is literally changing everything! In our state, Maryland, the restrictions have changed rapidly.  On Thursday, March 12, ...

I've been to a few dozen conferences over the last 20 years and I've always walked away with at least ...

I've been coaching pastors for over a decade now and I've noticed that we (yes, I include myself) often struggle ...

I recently talked to one of our members out in the parking lot who told me they had a funny ...

"Say Wally." "Yeah, Beaver." "Can I borrow your tie for church?" "Sure Beav. Just hurry it up so we aren't ...

When I started ministry in 1999 I had passion and vision, but not a lot of strategies and tools. There ...