Beautiful Immanence
April 5, 2022
In Part 1, we were able to see that there are some lingering effects from the pandemic that affect our communities and people. While all
Leadership Development
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The Talk: An Executive Preparing a Young Leader
April 4, 2022
We were promoting a new leader and it was time for me to sit down with her and have “The Talk” to help her understand
Start a Movement
April 1, 2022
When Josh Adsit and Mark Papp traveled from Oklahoma to visit Boston, they felt God’s call to plant a church in New England. A mere
Beautiful Immanence
April 1, 2022
I know that for many of us we’re tired of hearing about the Global Pandemic. I get it. That’s why 2022 feels like a year
Confident Leadership in a Time of Tension
April 8, 2020
Are you living in the same tension as I am right now? The tension (in this COVID-19 season) of leading strongly yet also abiding
The Leader’s Dilemma
February 5, 2020
Dan Reiland is the Executive Pastor at 12Stone Church in Lawrenceville, Georgia. He previously partnered with John Maxwell for 20 years, first as Executive Pastor at Skyline Wesleyan Church in San
Finding Relief from Internal and External Pressure
January 29, 2020
The new year is underway, and I’m sure that you are eager to see God do some great things in your ministry context. As a
LinkedIn for Pastors with Kenny Jahng: Podcast 269
July 2, 2019
In this podcast, one of our favorite guests, Kenny Jahng, joins host Nils Smith to delve into how pastors can take advantage of LinkedIn’s renaissance.
Keys for Identifying, Developing and Retaining Volunteer Leaders
June 14, 2019
I was recently with a church staff in an affluent, well-educated East Coast suburb. They were trying to shift their church model from “hired staff”
Keys for Identifying, Developing and Retaining Volunteer Leaders OLD
June 13, 2019
I was recently with a church staff in an affluent, well-educated East Coast suburb. They were trying to shift their church model from “hired staff”
Microchurch Movements: The Starting Point Is Returning to Jesus
May 22, 2023
In 2020, we (KC Underground) felt a particular passion to begin equipping leadership teams in the systems and structures that have shaped our team. We
3 Leadership Shifts That Changed Everything
May 15, 2023
Here at Church NEXT, we are always looking for stories of pastors and leaders who are innovatively imagining the church of tomorrow. In this month’s
Go on a Metaverse Mission Trip
May 15, 2023
Church, Meet the Metaverse Mission Field Sure, we can argue about the ecclesiology of a church in virtual reality. There are some points of conversation
5 Daily Habits That Won’t Improve Your Day, but Will Change Your Life
May 8, 2023
There are moments in our life and leadership journey when the stakes are really high—the heat turns up, the inevitable waiting season starts, the personal
Is It Time to Change Wineskins?
May 8, 2023
The rabbis of old had a saying, “Without wine, there is no joy.”1 This was especially true at a wedding. In the first century, weddings
How Do We Disciple Artificial Intelligence?
May 1, 2023
Artificial Intelligence: Greatest Invention of the Modern Era or the Downfall of Human Civilization? Let’s stop here for a second and recognize how far the
