Recently, I was traveling through the vineyards of Temecula to officiate a wedding. If you've never traveled through this beautiful part of Southern California, I highly recommend a visit; it's so beautiful. According to the Temecula Valley Wine Growers Association, Temecula has 47 wineries on …
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Church Operations: ERC Scam Update
In the 1920s, an Italian con artist named Charles Ponzi devised a scam that promised investors a 50 percent profit through his scheme to buy US postage stamps at a discount in one area and sell them at full price in another. Eventually, investors realized they were not getting the promised 50 …
A Creative Way To Turn Sunday Attendees Into Church Owners
It's no mystery that the COVID-19 pandemic had a profound and lingering impact on society. For many churches, the news about post-pandemic attendance continues to be less than ideal. According to a June 2023 Gallup Survey, church attendance is still 4 percent lower than pre-pandemic levels. …
Church Operations: Beware of ERC Scammers
Believe it or not, it was all the way back in 1971 when Ray Tomlinson wrote the first program that allowed the users of the ARPANET system to communicate with each other. For the non-techies reading this post, this means that Tomlinson created the first email program on the first network. Then, …
Church Operations: Year-End Reports
Many in full-time vocational ministry are so busy leading, coordinating, planning, strategizing, and even dealing with the immediate crisis that it's hard to stop and reflect on all the ways God worked in your church over the last year. But sharing God's faithfulness to your church is worth …
Church Marketing Methods and Strategies
The vast majority of those in ministry wanted to be a part of something much bigger than themselves. I desired to use the gifts given to me to be a part of fulfilling the great commission. In such a polarized, fractured, and divided world, when we need the hope that Jesus brings the most, we …
