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When Elders Disagree: Why Conflict-Killing Leadership Multiplies Churches

Leadership /

Seventy percent of church conflicts that reach crisis level involve elder board dysfunction. Not the culture. Not the youth pastor’s wardrobe. Not the worship style. Elders who cannot disagree well. This statistic from Lifeway Research should stop every church planter cold. You’re pouring your life into a new work, building a launch team, finding a […]

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Why Shared Leadership Unleashes Church Multiplication

Faith /

The most dangerous phrase in church planting isn’t ‘we don’t have enough money’ or ‘we can’t find a building.’ It’s this: ‘Pastor knows best.’ Over the past three decades, a quiet revolution has reshaped the healthiest growing churches in America—and it has nothing to do with worship styles, sermon series, or social media strategy. According

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The Church Under Fire: Responding to Rising Aggression with Gospel Resilience

Faith /

What happens when the place you go for refuge becomes a target? In January 2026, Windwood Free Will Baptist Church in Oklahoma City—a community cornerstone serving as a voting precinct, school pickup site, and tornado relief center for 30 years—was vandalized and set on fire. Graffiti scarred its walls, flames gutted its interior. Yet the

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