Setting up the cameras for the livestream. Sharing the link for the Zoom call. Sending a few social media posts throughout the week. Maybe even editing a sermon clip to …

by: Anna Mitchell Hall What does it feel like to look across the pews and see mostly elders with gray in their hair?  Churches often get terribly worried when this …

Chances are you, or someone you know, has listened to Taylor Swift’s newest album, Midnights. But aside from these songs being the soundtrack behind your work for the next few …

Recently, I’ve been in conversations with regional/conference ministers and bishops of varying denominations. Our conversations have flowed something like this: Regional/Conference Minister: “Most of my churches are declining and exhausted. …

By Rev. Dr. Anna Hall When I help churches through our Church Vitality Assessment, there is one comment that I see again and again.  “We need more young families.” I …

Three years ago congregations and faith leaders everywhere were thrown into the deep end of digital ministry. There’s a good chance you’re one of them! You’ve started or improved your …

By Rev. Laura Robinson The Year-Three Slump. Or is it a readjustment? A disgruntlement? It’s a three year something. I was attending a virtual summit put on by the United Church …

When I turned on the evening news to see the wonderful people of Saint Andrews Episcopal Church on Martha’s Vineyard in the middle of a political firestorm, I remembered that …

By Rev. Dr. Anna Mitchell Hall What is your latitude and longitude right now?  What is your exact street location?  Where does the water flow when rain falls where you …