How to recognize and confront the signs of emotional overload.

Loss is still a loss and it’s okay to be disappointed, to lament on what wasn’t and to grieve what might have been.

There’s enormous pressure on pastoral team members, support staff and key volunteers to change and adapt the way they do ministry. The ability to sustain momentum will be dependent on your team’s health; something you need to continue to cultivate.

In these difficult days, it’s easy to drift into counting what you’ve lost but good leaders look to find what we’ve gained. And when you do, you’ll find hidden ideas, sharper focus, new growth and a renewed purpose.

As a lead pastor we rely on our next gens for a lot. We may not say it often enough, but you give us hope for the future of the church.

Parents can sometimes be seen as adversaries in youth ministry, but the fact is they need to be our teammates. This article explores 3 ways that you can help bring parents alongside you in your mission and vision for their children in your youth ministry during Covid-19 and beyond

No one ever had faced the level of stress Jesus was facing that night. Because He is our perfect example, we can learn four valuable lessons from His Garden encounter that will help us as we wrestle with our own heightened stress over the COVID-19 pandemic.

Making an effort to share the reason for the hope you have in Jesus is timely, especially on what is shaping up to be one of the greatest weekends of openness to faith and God in a long time.

Adrenaline Fatigue is a real danger for leaders who have been working in high stress circumstances.

Can wedding ceremonies still be performed in Alberta? What are the regulations? Do participants have to wear masks?

Many of us pastors have a “Sunday to Sunday” mentality. We prepare all week for the one hour (approximately) in the week. The problem is, there are 167 more hours in the week and your congregation is engaging many of them online through social media.

This past weekend marks 4 weeks that many of us have been online. Here are some things I’ve noticed about our ABNWT church streams.

One cannot effectively mobilize a church without knowing who the key volunteers are. In the same way, one cannot effectively fund the church without knowing who the key financial supporter are.

19 innovative strategies or platforms church leaders are using to facilitate meetings and ministry. What are you using? Post your responses below.

Non-profit organizations have known for decades that a simple display of gratitude is worth its weight in gold. So how can the church tap into the secret non-profits know?

If we want people to give, we need to understand why they give in the first place. For far too long churches have been ignorant and mistaken about this and, as a result, been ineffective at connecting with people’s hearts and wallets.

How you design your online giving experience will have a dramatic effect on the amount your church will receive. If your giving process is hidden, difficult, and confusing – less people will give. If it’s easy and obvious – more people will give.

Loneliness is a crippling reality of our social situation. People not only are cut off from the availability of in person meetings with friends and family, but at the same time are facing a feeling of loss of purpose. As people lose their jobs and go on government support there has never been a time where alleviating loneliness in our world is more important. So how can your church respond? Here are 3 ways your church can help to support your community in feeling connection.