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Great sermons aren't built - they're grown! In this conference, you'll learn about the basic steps in "growing" sermons that are biblically-rooted and will produce fruit in the lives of your people.

Great sermons aren't built - they're grown! In this conference, you'll learn about the basic steps in "growing" sermons that are biblically-rooted and will produce fruit in the lives of your people.

Great sermons aren't built - they're grown! In this conference, you'll learn about the basic steps in "growing" sermons that are biblically-rooted and will produce fruit in the lives of your people.

For churches, attracting and retaining people has always been more of an art , rather than a science; but these days churches are using the power of the internet to provide them with feedback about their ministerial services; thanks to an Arlington, Texas based company called MyChurchSurvey.com.

Right now, someone is reading your church sign while driving by your church. Another person is studying your small ad in the Yellow Pages. A young couple is checking out your church website. Neighbors are watching your church van drive down the main road in your town. A newcomer to the area is listening to your church answering machine message, after business hours, to find out about the times of services.

For readers of Leadership Journal during the 80s and 90s, Fred Smith Sr. was a familiar name. As a contributing editor, he became a mentor to thousands of pastors desiring to learn the art of Christian leadership.

NavPress is introducing the first annotated edition of The Message with special excerpts, contemplations, sermons and essays from the translator Eugene Peterson. Conversations: The Message With Its Translator (NavPress, September 2007) combines the full text of The Message with annotations mined from the richness of Peterson's experience as translator, pastor and lifelong Christ-follower.

Have we become ranchers rather than shepherds in leading the church?

Although preaching has always been an inherently verbal medium, one of the major trends of 21st century preaching is a new emphasis on the visual. As churches seek to communicate with new generations that are increasingly visually-oriented (and less and less literary), many have discovered...

Last night Barry Bonds broke one of the most prestigious records in sports by hitting home run No. 756. But some believe his accomplishment was tainted through his alleged use of steroids. This controversy brings to light a greater conversation about the current state of sports in our culture.