In my opinion, "people skills" are just (if not more) important than the skills it takes to do your job. Colleges and universities are filled with brilliant scholars who can't get along with their peers, I find business leaders who are remarkably gifted, but make...
I had the opportunity this year to speak at a leadership event at Ivy Church in Manchester, England. The pastor is Anthony Delaney, who's done a brilliant job building a multi-site church in a city that's experiencing enormous growth in business, media...
I find it fascinating that many people who handle social media (SM) for very large churches and ministries find it difficult to share their faith on their personal SM platforms. And others do it in an incredibly obnoxious way. Every new technology gives us...
The greatest secret to making New Year's resolutions work is understanding the power of change.Want to lose weight? Get a better job? Go back to college? Find a spouse? Get closer to God? Whatever it is, understand that real change is one of the most difficult things...
Everywhere we turn today the "New Atheists" are proclaiming that religious belief is dead. After all (as they say), no one in their right mind could actually believe in God anymore. But while nonbelieving cultural elites in media, academia and entertainment may be the...
I've been privileged to be an Executive Producer on the feature film Let Hope Rise, that tells the story of the world's most popular worship band—Hillsong United, based at Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia. The picture is finally locked, and...
Over the years, reaching men with the gospel has been an important but challenging effort. From the early days when Edwin Louis Cole launched the Christian Men's Network, to Coach Bill McCartney's Promise Keepers, hundreds of thousands of men have been transformed,...
You’ve probably heard the controversy about the upcoming Paramount Pictures movie Noah. In the last few weeks, I’ve seen numerous blogs, social media posts and commentaries on the movie—usually criticizing it and detailing how far it strays from an...
It’s not often that a local church leader is listed by Fast Company magazine as one of the 100 most creative people in business. But that’s exactly what happened in 2011 to Bobby Gruenewald, innovation leader, pastor and a member of the directional...
Editor's Note: The following is an interview by Phil Cooke with Ministry Lab founder Mark Brewer. Mark Brewer is a motivated pastor to say the least. He’s founded and led multiple congregations—some starting in a living room and growing into the thousands each...
The morning of 9/11, I had a brainstorm. Watching the horror unfolding at the World Trade Center, I immediately sent a fax (remember faxes?) to every owner or manager of every Christian television station I knew. I begged them to interrupt their regularly...
Keith Craft is senior pastor of Elevate Life Church in Frisco, Texas, just north of Dallas. After building what many are calling a "European-style cathedral" in Frisco, he’s just released a highly acclaimed new book, Your Divine Fingerprint: The Force That Makes...
Now that pastor Robert Schuller’s Crystal Cathedral has been sold to the Catholic Church, big changes are happening. For instance, it’s being reported that a walkway constructed of bricks with engraved names of Crystal Cathedral donors is being pulled up to make way...
Here’s the promo reel for the new show on the Oxygen Network Preachers of L.A. I don’t have anything to do with it, but I’d be curious about your thoughts. Is this going to help the cause of engaging the culture? Will this be a move forward or a setback for the...