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When Ministry Hurts: Healing Your Marriage
It’s inevitable: parts of ministry are going to rock you to your core. Ministry hurts because ministry involves dealing with sinners. In this session Dr. Kim Kimberling shares how to heal your marriage after walking through a ministry hurt. Let him counsel you through some foundational practices th...
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Message Support: Love Like You've Never Been Hurt
This one-week message series is about the radical kind of love that Jesus calls each one of us to live out. The people we love the most can wound us the deepest. We hold onto grudges, refuse to forgive, and build up walls to keep the pain away. But healing can’t start until you break down those b...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: The Four Essentials of Innovation
Thank you for joining the Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast ! If you want to lead a breakout ministry, dominate an industry, change a city, help a nation, solve massive problems, or meet the needs of thousands of hurting people, you will have to learn to innovat...
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...
Leadership
How to Have a Strong Developmental Conversation
At some point in your leadership, you’ll encounter a staff member or volunteer who isn’t cutting it. And if you’re a part of any growing organization, your organization is eventually going to outgrow someone on your team. The hard part, especially for those of us who are spiritual leaders, is th...
Missions
Our Approach to Global Missions
At Life.Church, we are committed to helping people around the world meet Christ and live better lives. But, the way we do it should also help people build up their communities. Hear from Jeff Galley, leader of missions at Life.Church, as he talks about our approach to global missions and how it's a...
Messages
Message Support: Developing New Speakers with Team Teaching
Several times a year, Life.Church campus pastors and other staff 'team teach' with Pastor Craig. Team teaching allows you to take the baton from Pastor Craig during a series and create your own portion of the message. It's a great opportunity to flex your teaching muscles or empower a new speaker t...
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Message Support: The Grudge
Series Length: 4 Weeks (not necessarily in order) Forgiving Offenses Forgiving Betrayals Forgiving God Forgiving Yourself Description: The past doesn’t always stay in the past. Sometimes, you carry it with you. But you don’t have to hold on to the bitter memories and painful mom...
Leadership
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...
Messages
​Message Support: There Is a Reason
Series Length: 3 Weeks (As a reminder, sermon content is being planned week-to-week in this season and is subject to change.) Series Context: Pain. Anxiety. Frustration. Our struggles don't always have answers in the moment—but even when we can't see it, they always have a purpose. D...
Leadership
Prepare for Attacks
During a season of blessing, your staff and volunteers will be working overtime. Because the ministry is so exhilarating, your best people will gladly make huge sacrifices to be a part. While riding the wave of blessing, you will be: ●Hiring fast. ●Plugging new believers into signifi...
Leadership
Sustaining Your Marriage In Ministry
Don’t let your ministry take out your marriage. Ministry places some unique challenges on your marriage and family, but you can learn how to sustain your marriage in ministry. Tune in as Dr. Kim Kimberling, President of Awesome Marriage and Professional Marriage Counselor, shares practical tips on...
Leadership
Does the Size of Your Church Matter? (Part 1)
Why do some people go to small churches? Why do others go to large churches? This is certainly an oversimplification, but bear with me. People tend to stay at small churches because they are: 1) Needed. Each week, someone is counting on them to pass out the red attendance folders,...
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A Christ-Centered, Others-Oriented Challenge
When crisis strikes, as believers our light shines bright. The Church was created to minister to and meet the needs of people filled with fear and doubt. During the COVID-19 outbreak, Pastor Craig Groeschel preached a midweek sermon to encourage Life.Church attenders to do seven things to serve peo...
Leadership
Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: Giving and Receiving Feedback, Part 2
In last month’s episode , we talked about craving useful feedback and three factors that matter when you’re receiving it. This month, let’s talk about three factors that matter when you’re giving feedback . 1. When you give feedback. For some organizations, the most common time for fe...