Every church needs a crisis communication plan to get leadership on the same page before a negative story is even written.

Since all elections should be a critical decision point for everyone, the church needs to tackle our discourse as politics impacts all of our lives.

I pray, though, that I will avoid the temptation to see the various aspects of my church as a place where I can determine whether it meets my needs and gets my “like” affirmation.

In today's digital age, social media has become an invaluable tool for churches to connect with their congregation, engage with the wider community, and spread their message of faith.

As pastors, one of our primary responsibilities is communication. Whether we're delivering sermons, offering spiritual guidance, directing ministry leaders, or running church board meetings, effective communication is at the heart of our role.

Is marketing, branding, publicity, or advertising something that most churches should be doing?

A Barna study reveals that preteens are “on track to abandon biblical Christianity in record numbers.”  Let’s not sit back while this happens.

Leadership is important, but I believe communication is even more important.

Just a few words spoken between two people who never met before, but I experienced an immediate sense of connection between the two of us. I felt good, and I had a sense he did also. This is what happens when true connection takes place between people, even people who don’t know each other.

And as we have embraced Zoom meetings as a new reality of our leadership world, we have also seen that such virtual meetings have formed a laboratory of sorts for important leadership principles. Here are four key leadership truths that have been re-enforced by the world of virtual meetings.

It is a vivid reminder of how something can be crystal clear to two people and yet have completely different meanings.