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The Strongest Link

Craig Groeschel, Senior Pastor of Life.Church, talks about the potential that exists in bridging the generational gap in the Church. Offering insight to multiple generations, Craig both honors and challenges leaders to continue to build into other leaders to carry on the mission of the Church. If y...

Online Ministry

Church Online: Bridge Versus Detour

"God never leads us to dead ends," says Pastor Whit George. When churches couldn't meet in physical buildings, God provided church online. Church On The Move has been doing online ministry for many years, but ramped up their efforts when COVID-19 hit and has truly seen the Church be the Church onli...

How to Talk with Teens about Suicide

Teens deal with serious, real-life issues in their day-to-day lives, which is why we aren’t afraid to tackle heavy topics at Switch, our youth ministry at Life.Church. Suicide can be a tough topic to address, but starting the conversation with students might help alleviate some of the stigma and...

Giving & Finance

Personal Generosity

Several pastors have complained to me that most people in their churches are not generous. I’m guessing that the churches are a reflection of its leaders. If our ministries aren’t generous, it is probably because we aren’t either. Several years ago, God started moving our family toward a muc...

Staff Development

The Best Fit: How We Hire

Our thorough recruitment process is intentionally designed to help prevent the people we hire from later being fired. When employees not only work for your organization, but they also worship at your church, it's important to...

Message Support: Overcomer

Stare down your fears, shatter your insecurities, and shake off the apathy that tries to hold you back. You’re not a prisoner—you’re an Overcomer . This four-week series tackles some of the unseen issues that we all deal with: comparison, apathy, labels, and fear. Through Christ, we can overcome...

Riding the Wave

I pray God blesses your ministry at some point with what some call “the wave.” The wave is when God seems to do more than you can handle! During the wave, your buildings aren’t big enough, you can’t hire fast enough, and you’re just hanging on for dear life. Just remember: ● You don’...

Message Support: Relational Vampires

There are some people who seem to suck the life out of us. Some are endlessly needy; others complain. Some you can’t trust because they’re manipulative or hypocritical. We know we’re supposed to love them, but honestly, sometimes it’s just plain difficult. In this series, we’ll be putting a name to...

Five Ways to Increase Your Leadership Capacity

Capacity—it's how much you can handle and how much you can produce. When you have your first child, you think you're maxed out. All the diapers and crying are more than you can handle. But then you have a second and a third child—and you realize you're getting better and better at th...

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Creating an Empowering Culture, Part 2

Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast ! Last month, we talked about how important both clarity and trust are in creating an empowering culture. In today’s episode, we’ll build on that idea a little more. What we value determines what we do. The number one force that s...

Leadership Podcast: Institutionalizing Urgency, Part 1

Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast ! In this episode, Craig will discuss the importance of urgency in success. The greatest threat to future success is current success. Success feeds pride, and pride kills urgency: nothing fails like success. In many organizations, urge...

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: How Effective Leaders Handle Criticism, Part 2

Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast ! In our last episode, we talked about how to minimize criticism. In this episode, let’s dive in to understanding our critics. All critics are not created equal. Some criticize just to point out problems— some point o...