Categories
leadership ministry

LifeChurch.tv Internet Campus – Care (5 of 8)

As I am currently serving as a Congregational Care pastor at Resurrection, I was particularly interested to hear how LifeChurch.tv does care on their Internet Campus. There is a team of volunteers that serves to pray with people live before, during and after the worship experience. This seems to be a key area in which […]

Categories
leadership

Bishop Scott Jones is on Facebook

That rocks!

Categories
leadership ministry

LifeChurch.tv Internet Campus – New Staff (4 of 8)

Tony Steward was recently hired as the Online Community Pastor at LifeChurch.tv. Terry and the team were excited for him to arrive as new staff is a great opportunity to get feedback from a fresh perspective. A new staff member can provide free critical feedback on current processes on the team – free. I think […]

Categories
leadership ministry

Kansas City Business Journal

A few weeks ago I received a message from Peter Metz, Director of Communications here at Resurrection, that a reporter from the Kansas City Business Journal would be contacting me for an interview about the use of technology in the church. Sure enough, I received a call and spent about 40 minutes on the phone […]

Categories
leadership

Top Ten from The Leadership Summit

I enjoyed the time that I was able to spend at The Leadership Summit on Thursday and Friday. Here is my top ten: Lead an integrated life. Be the same person in each environment in which you exist. – Bill George I don’t go to a church, I belong to a church. – Chuck Colson […]

Categories
leadership

The Leadership Summit

Resurrection is a host site for The Leadership Summit hosted by Willow Creek and broadcast via satellite. I am excited about being at this event today and tomorrow. Will you be at one of the sites for this event?

Categories
ministry

LifeChurch.tv Internet Campus – Not (3 of 8)

Over the life of the internet campus at LifeChurch.tv there are several things that it has not done. No children No youth No funerals No weddings Resources provided at Open | LifeChurch.tv have and are being used for children and youth programming for groups that gather to worship on the internet campus together. Brandon, Internet […]

Categories
ministry

LifeChurch.tv Internet Campus – Is (2 of 8)

I think that it was Terry Storch that shared these parameters of what an internet campus consists: Content – There is some type of content that is delivered, primarily a worship service including music, announcements, prayer, scripture and teaching / preaching. Connectivity – Internet campus congregants connect live to content that is being broadcast via […]

Categories
ministry

LifeChurch.tv Internet Campus – Introduction (1 of 8)

As mentioned last week, I recently went on a trip to visit LifeChurch.tv with Clif Guy, Brian Slezak and Chuck Russell. Our purpose was to benchmark their internet campus. If you are interested, read my thoughts on benchmarking and also thoughts on a worship venue benchmark trip. This series will chronicle some of my thoughts […]

Categories
Uncategorized

Speedlinking – July 31, 2008

Thsrs – The Shorter Thesaurus looks fascinating. I’ve added it to the search bar in Firefox. Kevin Watson has an outstanding post and excellent comments at The Ideal First Appointment. Excellent post and quality discussion at On Heresy by Ben Simpson. Tim Stevens raises questions about Another Boycott by Christians.

Categories
leadership

The Sticks

As a pastor praying for spiritual revival in the state of Kansas and renewal within the denomination, I found this ministry conference to be particularly fascinating – The Sticks. Check out the website, then come back and let me know what you think about it. Should it out way some other choices that I am […]

Categories
leadership

Business of the Church: Strategic Planning (5 of 5)

This is a part of a series of posts responding to the question: Is the church a business? Today the focus is on strategic planning. Strategic planning is a part of the culture at Resurrection. From strategic objectives for the entire congregation for the year to goal setting and a review process for each employee […]