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Resources for navigating politics
As the November general election gets closer, churches and church leaders cross their fingers that no major conflicts arise before, during, or after. Faith & Leadership offers a page dedicated to articles and resources for folks who could use...
“Practice Advent as a Season of Preparation”
While many of us are just now getting ready for fall's litany of falling leaves, football, and pumpkin spice everything, many churches are starting their planning for the season of Advent. In our go-go-go culture, it is easy to only think of Christmas and eschew...
A Church Offers Training in Faith and Finance
One of the common yet least talked about issues in church's today is financial literacy. We often assume how people earn, save, and spend is their business and their business alone; however, people in the pews - across all incomes - may not actually know HOW to...
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Cooking Up New Businesses By Using Church Space Creatively
Two of the biggest issues facing churches today are income and facilities. Regular readers of this blog know we do our best to highlight creative uses for church buildings, and this article on Faith & Leadership shows one such example and asks some very good...
Disaffiliations in UMC Lead to Bigger Questions
While we here at Project Thrive try to offer helpful, uplifting content for our viewers, we recognize the impact of the disaffiliations in The United Methodist Church have on the greater religious landscape. While the presenting issue in the UMC has been on human...
The Church Needs Innovation Instigators
We have all heard it, perhaps so many times it borders on cliche: "We have always done it this way." I'm sure - if you are reading this - have sat in on a meeting where everyone pitches ideas and someone pipes up with the above retort. We want to see church through...