Ryan Holck

Have you ever met or worked with a truly great leader? Someone who had to ability to call out the best in those around them and accomplish exceptional things as a team.

For all intensive purposes, Facebook's Newsfeed is one of the most powerful content delivery channels in the world. Exact percentages of how much content they drive varies, but recent studies show as much as 25% of web referrals come via Facebook. With that kind of percentage, its no wonder that 13% of all time spent online occurs at Facebook. A staggering 14 hour per month average for U.S users alone.

When it comes to church accounting solutions the options available are astounding. Some integrate with church management systems and have incredible power. Others function as stand alone programs that focus on accounting alone. For small churches, or those utilizing volunteers, its easy to get overwhelmed.

Churches are looking for great ways to get congregation information to communicate effectively as well as manage a diverse volunteer group and so a...

At Disney's California Adventure there is a room called The Blue Sky Cellar. This room showcases the newest projects, dreams and plans that Disneyland is working on. They invite you to follow a project from the no holds barred “ Blue Sky” dreams of the Disney Imagineers to the final delivery and public unveiling.

It's amazing... Different denominations. Different states. Different church sizes. Same challenge. Budget Challenges The lack of adequate financial resources seems almost universal. While it happens for a host of reasons they fall into two camps.

When it comes to social media management the volume of options available is amazing. If you're just starting out you may find it easiest to go to each network and manage things there. As your reach and strategy grows you'll quickly find a need for a more robust solution.

Without rocking your world too much I'd like to state the obvious... Volunteers are the life blood of your church. While we all would acknowledge that fact. It's easy to forget about in the day to day of ministry. They dutifully arrive every week, with a smile on their face (real or painted on) and serve. Regardless of their motivation, our effectiveness long-term depends on them. We could never hire the volume of people needed to run our church and we shouldn't have to. The challenge comes down to expectations.