Category Church Goals

Church Goals, Church Management, Church Marketing, Church Website, Communications, New Years Resolutions, Pastors, Stress & Burnout

How to Improve Your Calendar for the New Year

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It’s a new year and we all want to do our best, but here are some common mistakes that some of us in ministry make when it comes to scheduling our lives and some helpful tips to change that. Ministry…

SCTV Team
January 5, 2023

Church Goals, Holidays, New Years Resolutions, Stress & Burnout

10 Ways to be Better in Ministry for 2023

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Wow, 2023 is almost here. Many folks make New Year’s Resolutions, the things they hope to accomplish. Here’s a twist, how about some things you do not want to do in 2023? 1. Do not allow ministry to take important…

SCTV Team
December 14, 2022

Church Goals, Community, Holidays, Thanksgiving

Seven Ideas for an Engaging Thanksgiving Church Service

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We often associate Thanksgiving Day with turkey, pie, and football, at its core, Thanksgiving traces its roots to gratitude. Many churches will celebrate Thanksgiving together the weekend before or after Thanksgiving Day. Here are some ideas for a creative Thanksgiving…

SCTV Team
November 9, 2022

Church Goals, Pastors, Streaming Tips, Stress & Burnout

5 Mistakes Pastors Make That Hurt Productivity

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I have been working in ministry since the late 1970s and have learned a lot from others as well as my own mistakes. Ministry is hard work but sometimes we make it even more difficult because of mistakes we make,…

SCTV Team
October 5, 2022

Church Goals, Community

5 Hindrances to Church Growth

A silhouette of a person pushing against a large boulder on a hill at sunrise symbolizes the determination often seen in church development. The sky is a gradient of warm orange and cool blue, with scattered clouds representing the hindrances faced in achieving church growth.

Pastors experience deep frustration and confusion when their churches stop growing. But churches are certainly not alone when it comes to decline. Many organizations get stuck and decline into maintenance mode. So what causes this decline? Are there definitive reasons…

SCTV Team
May 4, 2022

Church Goals

5 Steps to Encourage Online Giving

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Summer is almost upon us! While it’s an enjoyable season, it also signals a time period where donations to churches typically go down. Keep reading for 5 steps to help your giving stay healthy during the summer months by utilizing…

SCTV Team
March 15, 2022

Church Goals, Church Management, Holidays

5 Goals Your Church Should Invest in for 2022

Silhouettes of workers and cranes at sunset hoisting the number "2" into place, completing the year "2022," symbolizing the lofty goals usually set beneath the towering steeples of a church.

Sometimes churches that set goals get a bad rap. On the surface, setting goals does sound like a business practice or self-help tactic void of any biblical relevance. But that’s not the case at all! Setting the right goals and investing…

SCTV Team
December 14, 2021

Church Goals, Church Management

Church Goals with our Guest Paul Steinbrueck

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Guest blog by Paul Steinbrueck Years ago, I was a part of a church that put a substantial amount of time and effort into creating a strategic plan that included very specific, numerical goals. I remember one year in particular…

Guest Blogger
March 10, 2021