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Are blue-collar people left out of "calling"?

Dave Rhodes January 2, 2020

by Dave Rhodes and Cory Hartman Is the pursuit of calling just for white-collar professionals and their “no-collar” successors? Are blue-collar, working-class people unwelcome in the church’s vocation conversation? That challenge is posed by Gustavo H. R. Santos in a recent article for Comment magazine—a challenge that we at Younique feel directly and know we […]

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Mary Did You Know?

Kelly Kannwischer December 17, 2019

If Your Culture Is Stuck, How Is It Stuck? Mary, Did You Know? The popular song “Mary, Did You Know” is even more popular since the extremely talented Pentatonix recorded it on their Christmas album. The song asks a series of rhetorical questions to Mary about the life of her son, Jesus. Mary, did you […]

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Holiday Church Growth

Dave Rhodes November 11, 2019

Why December attenders become January regulars The fall season is flying by, and the blitz from Thanksgiving to Christmas is approaching. So, before diving into a dilemma that is all too common for church leaders, we want to first invite you to a free webinar this Thursday, November 14. Dave Rhodes will talk about how to mobilize 60% of […]

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Step into Your Calling

Dave Rhodes October 3, 2019

Pastors: Step into Your Calling with a Side Hustle. When I approach full-time pastors with the idea that they can do some other work on the side and yet remain faithful to their calling, I get different reactions. Some say, “No way.” Others, “Yes, please!” But either way, most are thinking, “I wish I could.” […]

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Productive Collision

Kelly Kannwischer September 10, 2019

If Your Culture Is Stuck, How Is It Stuck? You’ve taken a big step to read this article if you’re reading it the week it was published. It’s September, and that means you’re slammed. You are either launching or have recently launched initiatives for the fall. If you have kids to get into the school […]

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Feeling Whupped

Kelly Kannwischer September 6, 2019

Have you ever thought about the plethora of words we use to describe feeling tired? In only a few minutes, I came up with the following: Wasted Trashed Smashed Spent Beat Shattered Drained Bushed Fried Plumb tuckered out Pooped Shot Spent Wiped out Worn out Dead Seeing these words on paper is powerful. There is […]

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Disruption

Kelly Kannwischer August 30, 2019

Disruption is everywhere and is increasing all the time. Entire industries are being disrupted, and this causes mixed reactions. Netflix disrupted the home video industry, which felt good to the customer who found it convenient and fun, but it didn’t feel great for Blockbuster Video. (Now Netflix is disrupting home entertainment more broadly, which doesn’t […]

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It's Not About The Ark

Kelly Kannwischer August 16, 2019

If Noah visited our churches today, I wonder how he would feel. I trust that he would be delighted that sweetly painted images of animals comfort children in the nursery. He would also wonder at the artistic renderings of his story from wood carvings to teapots with heads of giraffes and elephants coming out the […]

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You Aren't Trash

Kelly Kannwischer August 9, 2019

One of the new characters in the latest Toy Story movie is Forky. (Don’t worry, I promise not to ruin the ending!) Forky is a toy made by a little girl, Bonnie, at her first day of kindergarten. She is nervous and doesn’t know what to do in the busy and loud classroom, but she […]

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The Missing Link In Disciplemaking

Dave Rhodes August 6, 2019

Let’s start with the obvious: church leaders want to do better at making disciples than they are right now.I have conversations with pastors every week, and I rarely hear one of them say, “I think we’re doing pretty well making disciples of Jesus . . . I don’t think we need much improvement in that area.” […]

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