Friday's Post: '3 Strategies for Practicing Generational Intelligence" And More

3 Strategies for Practicing Generational Intelligence
Generational intelligence is a vital skill for church leaders. Generational intelligence is the ability to connect with each generation in a way that honors their unique experiences and perspectives while maintaining a unified mission and identity. When you practice generational intelligence, you effectively bridge the generational gap within a church. You also expand your capacity to lead a multi-generational congregation.

In the churches of my childhood and youth congregations consisted of several generations ministering and worshiping together. Today's churches are apt to be age-segregated, old people in one church and younger people in another and children relegated to children's church. Older people in the congregations of churches primarily composed of younger people are apt to encounter ageism. They are discriminate against because of their age. They do not fit the image that a particular church is trying to project. Too many old people it is believed will keep young people away and unfortunately in some parts of the country that has proven to be the case. A true Christian community, however, embraces people of all ages, from all walks of life.

Seven Common Comments Non-Christians Make about Christians
These comments may surprise you. Many Christians have what amount to biases against non-Christians which color their thinking and are often revealed in the statements they make about non-Christians. If we are going to reach non-Christians with the gospel, we need to rid ourselves of these biases.

Do Guests Notice the Little Things?
When a visitor shows up on one of our church campuses for the first time the little things matter. Or when a parent decides to trust us with the care of their children the little things matter. In the way we follow up with guests the little things matter. Most leaders and pastors believe this, but we often don’t pay attention to the little thing.

What Is the Purpose of Sunday School? 4 Key Program Roles
Elmer Towns is not just talking about children's ministry in this article. He is also talking about adult Sunday school which once played several roles vital to the life of the local church and individual believers. This, however, has changed in the past few decades  in which the focus of adult Sunday school in many churches shifted primarily from transformation to information and may have contributed to the decline in church attendance.

How to Recruit for a Successful Ministry
One of the biggest pain points children’s ministry directors face is how to recruit volunteers that love children, want to serve, and will stick around. To help ease the pain of recruitment, we’ve compiled our top six secrets to recruiting for a successful ministry.

How to Deal With People Who Don’t Like You: 3 Relational Tips
Do you know how to deal with people? How about dealing with people who don’t like you? Read on for guidance on what can be a tricky subject for ministry workers.

Meet the South Austin parish leaving ACNA for the Episcopal Church
If you ask the Rev. Shawn McCain Tirres, the story of Resurrection Anglican Church is much more about a local church than denominational politics.

What we may be seeing here is the emergence of a divide between two groups forming the Anglican Church in North America--the ex-Episcopalians who broke with the Episcopal Church over its positions on marriage and human sexuality and the post-evangelicals, as they have been described, who are attracted to the ACNA by the ambiance of liturgical churches and who have a taste for excessive ritual, worship centered on the sacraments rather than the Word, and that sort of thing. Their motives for affiliating with the ACNA are different from those of the ex-Episcopalians who have primarily seen it as a refuge from the changes occurring in the Episcopal Church.

A Baptist by any other name would...
These days, it appears Baptist churches and individuals across the theological spectrum are, for a variety of reasons, calling the very name “Baptist” into question. Truth is, that particular Protestant movement was called into question long before the name “Baptist” became its primary designation.