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6 Ways To Know If Your Church Is Overstaffed

This article helps congregations evaluate staffing levels by offering six diagnostic questions that reveal when a staff role may be unproductive, unnecessary, or counterproductive. The article emphasizes that staffing should align with mission, clarity of purpose, and congregational capacity. With practical questions and examples, it shares a framework for discerning when additional staff strengthen ministry and when they create inefficiency or burnout.

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Doing Planning Differently

This online article supports congregational leaders who are involved in planning, developing, and reassessing...

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Steps to Planning and Preparing for Transformational Church Events (Part One of Two)

In this article, author Parry Dalzell urges churches planning events and programs to focus on transformation,...

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Steps to Planning and Preparing for Transformational Church Events (Part 2 of 2)

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This article outlines practical steps for planning transformational programs and events....

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Designing and Proposing a Women's Ministry

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The article argues that women’s ministry must be intentionally designed with clear...

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"Nones" on the Rise

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This research report on the religiously unaffiliated offers a measured view of what's...

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Warning Signs of Volunteer Burnout & How to Prevent It

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This article from the Malphurs Group helps congregations identify and prevent volunteer...

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Four Key Characteristics of Missional Congregations

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This article from the Lewis Center for Church Leadership helps congregations understand how...

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Guide To Asset Mapping

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This 4-page article from the Jewish Community Federation & Endowment Fund and Varda is an...

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How Churches And After School School Programs Can Partner with Students

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This article explains how churches and after-school programs can team up to support...

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Conducting Asset Mapping

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Conducting Asset Mapping is a structured guide from the Responding to Youth with Mental...

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The Quick and Simple Congregational Asset-Mapping Experience

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This article introduces asset mapping as a strategy that can have an immediate and powerful...

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