by isaac | Feb 27, 2023 | Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit
“Your sermon was ‘sobering’ and by that I mean it was sooooo booooooring.” It wasn’t the nicest thing I’d ever heard a congregant say, but it was by far one of the funniest. While that one wasn’t directed at me, I’m sure...
by isaac | Feb 20, 2023 | Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit
Does this sound like your church’s small groups? You find a group of people who live near you, sit in someone’s living room, and try not to fall asleep during a rehashing of the sermon on Sunday followed by every couple talking about their kids’...
by isaac | Feb 13, 2023 | Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit
Few people really ever question the concept of church “membership” these days. It’s just become kind of a staple of the Western church that we all accept. Despite that, Life.Church ended membership. I must confess, I hadn’t even considered...
by isaac | Feb 6, 2023 | Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit
I encounter pastors all the time that are struggling with recruiting and retaining volunteers. Well, there are a few reasons why churches are struggling to get volunteers more today than they have in the past: the Boomers were the church core for a really long time...
by isaac | Jan 30, 2023 | Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit
Now, most regular readers know that I’m a bit more bullish on AI than most. That’s not to say that I don’t recognize the risks, I absolutely do think you can go way too far with AI in the church context; however, I think there is a lot opportunity...
by isaac | Jan 23, 2023 | Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit
I first became a pastor right in the heyday of megachurches. Even though I lived in a county with only 50,000 people, in my teens my parents founded a church that grew to over 5,000 people. Later, I started attending and took leadership positions at a church that grew...
