How can congregations better engage people who worship online? Jim Keat, Digital Minister at The Riverside Church, offers 10 tips for congregations to strengthen engagement and build relationships with online worshippers. Read more now.

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How can your worship connect powerfully not only with those in the room on Sunday mornings, but with those worshiping online in the moment and after the fact? Hybrid ministry expert Jason Moore outlines simple changes that can make your worship more meaningful and participatory for online viewers in the moment and “evergreen” in its ability to remain relevant and accessible to anyone at any time. Listen now, read transcript, and watch on YouTube.

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When studying the subject of transformational leadership, we should take a look at our own leader, Christ Jesus. He is the one who can best speak to the issue of leadership. Ed Stetzer and Thom S. Rainer share 10 traits of Jesus, the transformational leader. As you read over the descriptions, take time to assess your own life and activity as a leader. Read more now.

Biblical Leadership | Jesus as Leader | Leadership | Lessons for Leaders

Jeff Bezos distinguishes two types of decisions that leaders face. “One-way doors” are consequential and irreversible and require slow and careful consideration. On the other hand, most decisions are “two-way doors,” which, if things do not work out, you can regroup without great harm. Leaders may need to speed up the two-door decisions while slowing down the one-door decisions. So, a question to ask of each decision:

Is this a one-way door decision or a two-way door decision?

Want more Right Questions? Read Right Questions for Church Leaders.

For most congregations, attracting new people was a challenge even before the pandemic. Now, churches must focus not only on the continuing need to reach new people but also on reconnecting with the sizable percentage of those who attended regularly before COVID-19 but have not yet returned to the pews. Improving Worship Attendance in a Post-Pandemic World shares ways to improve your congregation’s in-person and online worship attendance. Watch now.

Revitalizing congregations must strip away some of the vestiges of the past to make space for the new amidst decades of physical and emotional clutter. To the Point: Unclutter Your Church Now helps congregations unshackle from the weight of clutter and disorganization. Read now, download free, and share.

The Adept Church helps congregations develop realistic road maps for navigating between a “rock and a hard place” with a clear process for defining reality — a process based on strategic decisions concerning where the church needs to go and not where it is currently. This theologically grounded, yet practical guide is for church leaders seeking to save their churches. Learn more and order now.

“The task of the leader in the not-for-profit organization is to develop a vision around which people can have passion.” — Peter F. Drucker

For helpful ideas on celebrating Easter in your church, check out these relevant Leading Ideas articles: Palms in the Park on Palm Sunday; How Best to Use Overflow Worship Space on Easter; Easter Vigil Brings the Story of Salvation to a City in Need; Why Limit the Celebration of Easter to Just One Sunday?; and more. Explore the archives now.