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Walk-in Song
At Life.Church, we play a secular song live each week before the service as the countdown is going and people are walking to their seats. This song is called the "Walk-in Song" and is a tool we use to make first-time guests and others who don't know Christ feel comfortable at church. In this video,...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Creating an Empowering Culture, Part 2
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast ! Last month, we talked about how important both clarity and trust are in creating an empowering culture. In today’s episode, we’ll build on that idea a little more. What we value determines what we do. The number one force that s...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Leading Up, Part 2
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast ! In this episode, we're going to continue to tackle our listeners' most commonly asked question: "How do I lead when I'm not in charge?" In Part 1 , we discussed the first two (honor and timing) of five things that matter when you’re l...
Leadership
Leadership Podcast: The Six Types of Leaders, Part 2
Welcome to the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast. If you're a podcast subscriber, you can find the videos and notes in a few places like YouTube, craiggroeschelbooks.com, and here on Open, the home of free Life.Church resources. In this podcast, I’ll continue to discuss five kinds...
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A Christ-Centered, Others-Oriented Challenge
When crisis strikes, as believers our light shines bright. The Church was created to minister to and meet the needs of people filled with fear and doubt. During the COVID-19 outbreak, Pastor Craig Groeschel preached a midweek sermon to encourage Life.Church attenders to do seven things to serve peo...
Leadership
Working Lean: When a Small Staff Is Better
At first, it just doesn't make sense – but it's true. A small staff is often better than a large one. Here at Life.Church, we've found that when a team or campus is slightly overstaffed, progress generally slows down. And when that same team or campus is slightly understaffed, we usually tak...
Leadership
Five Ways to Increase Your Leadership Capacity
Capacity—it's how much you can handle and how much you can produce. When you have your first child, you think you're maxed out. All the diapers and crying are more than you can handle. But then you have a second and a third child—and you realize you're getting better and better at th...
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Practical Strategies for Recruiting Volunteers
One of the most important spiritual steps in the life of a Christ-follower is to start serving others. And at Christmastime, you can help attenders step into their calling to volunteer and serve guests who may be meeting Jesus for the first time....
Leadership
Leadership Podcast: Embracing Change, Part 1
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast ! The greatest threat to future success is current success. In Embracing Change, Part 1 , Craig will discuss the first of three ways to embrace change—if you’re not ready to embrace change, you’re not ready to lead! Download the notes...
Leadership
3 Values that Lead to Evangelism
“How do I inspire my church to be involved in evangelism?” At Alpha , that’s the one question we most often hear from church leaders—and it’s an important one for a couple of reasons. First, if we mobilize our whole congregation to engage with their community, the message of Jesus will find its w...
Leadership
Leadership Podcast: The Six Types of Leaders, Part 1
Welcome to the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast. If you're a podcast subscriber, you can find the videos and notes in a few places like YouTube, craiggroeschelbooks.com, and here on Open, the home of free Life.Church resources. For this first podcast, I’ll discuss five kinds...
Leadership
Leadership Podcast: It's About Time, Part 2
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast . Like what you’re learning? Share it with your friends, family, or co-workers and let’s learn to grow as leaders together! Today, we’re picking up where Craig left off in Part 1 of "It’s About Time" where he shared the first two of...
Giving & Finance
Life.Church Core Giving and Generosity Beliefs
Core Beliefs The following are Core Beliefs around giving and generosity at Life.Church. However, we encourage you to prayerfully identify and define your own core beliefs that will govern conversations around generosity at your church. God owns it all, and He provides everything we need to...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Fire Your Inner Boss
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast ! Why do people leave their jobs? The number one reason: they don’t like their bosses. People don’t leave companies—they leave bad bosses! Why? That’s because many bosses don’t understand what it takes to be a leader . Power and...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: How to Develop Leaders
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast ! Last month, we talked about four dark sides developers can tend toward that keep them from leading effectively. Today, we’re going to talk about developing leaders. Developing people doesn’t happen accidentally. Developing leaders...