Articles for tag: Apprenticeship

December 2, 2019

Christian Standard

Training Leaders for the Future

How One Church Is Equipping Young Adults for Ministry Without the Financial Burdens of Pursuing a Four-Year Degree By Kim Harris In 2019, 45 million young adults in the United States held more than $1.5 trillion in student debt, or more than $33,000 per debt holder, Forbes.com reported. Students are graduating with four years of knowledge and many more years of debt. Seminary and Bible college students are no exception. In 2011, roughly 25 percent of individuals graduating with a master of divinity left school with more than $40,000 in student debt (according to BusinessInsider.com), but could expect to earn

November 2, 2019

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Children’s Ministry Best Practices (Multisite Church): Community Christian Church, Chicagoland

The Team It Takes to Help Families and Kids Find Their Way Back to God   By Kathy Ives The best thing about being part of a multisite kids’ ministry team is the built-in support and fellowship with multiple leaders. Most of our locations have their own kids’ directors, and together we make a fantastic and diverse team. Our directors are fully invested in kids and families, and they understand not only our church dynamics but the complicated nature of kids’ ministry. Together we discuss new creative ideas and solutions at regular meetings. On top of that, our newer directors

May 27, 2018

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From Hero to Hero Maker: A Game Changer for the Church

By David Dummitt In February I attended the Exponential conference in Orlando. It was a great week of connecting with other church leaders and church planters from all over the world. This year’s conference theme was “Hero Maker,” based on Dave Ferguson and Warren Bird’s new book by the same name. I had the opportunity to facilitate workshops alongside of Dave, Warren, and others as we talked about a shift in practices that we as leaders must make in order to carry out the Great Commission: moving from being heroes to being hero makers. This message is a game changer

May 11, 2015

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Measure Up

By Dave Ferguson Church leaders are being more creative than ever before in measuring ministry and stats that are significant for accomplishing the mission. Here is a long list of just some of the stats that are now being incorporated into churches” scoreboards. These came from dozens of churches just like yours who are trying to figure out how to make sure they are winning: “¢ The number of people who attend a worship service “¢ The number of people who are in a small group “¢ The number of people who are serving both within the church and outside

March 2, 2008

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Celebrating Ordination

By Chuck Sackett I finally wrote the letter I”ve been promising for 10 years to write. I know it”s been 10 years because I was going to write it for my 25th anniversary in ministry. Where does time go? It”s now 35 years and counting. I sent the letter to my ordaining congregation. A faithful (if naïve) group of people who were willing to put their “stamp of approval” on me. I”ve been grateful for years. But I”ve never taken the opportunity to let them know I”m still involved, still faithful, still serving. I was remiss and am committed to

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