Refresh: Quick Tips for Christian Ministry

The first of Cam Taylor's 10 Keys to Thriving When Faced with Ministry Setbacks 

Thinking about starting a new Christian charity project, or missions idea? Do you want to benefit from charitable donation tax receipts for your donors in Canada and the United States? Listen to a webinar replay of Chad Bruneski, Vice President of Great Commission Foundation, explaining how to get your ministry project started fast. 

Patricia Jehle gives us some practical steps and ideas to help bring about that change within your organization. She answers this question from a missionary in the field.  "Give us tips and practical tools on making decisions about change, moving forward, or terminating a ministry that isn't productive or standing fast with a hope for future breakthroughs." Our Christian Ministry Maven for th...

Patricia Jehle gives us tips on listening to God to make a decision regarding a ministry change. She answers this question from a missionary in the field.  "Give us tips and practical tools on making decisions about change, moving forward, or terminating a ministry that isn't productive or standing fast with a hope for future breakthroughs." Our Christian Ministry Maven for this episode is Pa...

Patricia Jehle answers this question from a missionary in the field. "Give us tips and practical tools on making decisions about change, moving forward, or terminating a ministry that isn't productive or standing fast with a hope for future breakthroughs." Our Christian Ministry Maven for this episode is Patricia Jehle, a university instructor in Switzerland and a business coach.   The Q...

Organizational Coach Dr. Ken Thiessen talks about how healthy congregations manage anxiety. This is the last episode of his series outlining the unhealthy ways anxiety manifests itself in congregations and Christian ministries.   It is important to understand how anxiety dominates much of the unhealthy decision making processes and broken relationships within faith-based minist...

Our international security expert provides five valuable tips for planning the safety of short term mission trips.     Assign responsibility for security planning and briefing to a member of your mission team. Assign responsibility for host country research and briefing to a member of your mission team. Assign responsibility for travel planning and briefing to a member of your mission te...

Organizational Coach Dr. Ken Thiessen talks about "over-functioning and under-functioning" — another of the five unhealthy ways anxiety manifests itself in congregations and Christian ministries.   Who are the "over-functioners" and "under-functioners"?  In your ministry context or in your congregation, is there somebody who always picks up the ball? These people oftentimes vol...

How can ministry workers in the field receive member care for trauma counselling? Our Christian Ministry Maven for this episode is Patricia Jehle, a university instructor in Switzerland and a business coach.   Often the questions of why and how to find member care for overseas ministry workers and missionaries is real and pressing.  Patricia Jehle will be addressing the issue o...

Organizational Coach Dr. Ken Thiessen talks about "multi-generational transmission process" — another of the five unhealthy ways anxiety manifests itself in congregations and Christian ministries. It is important to understand how anxiety dominates much of the unhealthy decision making processes and broken relationships within faith-based ministries and congregations.   The QT4...

Today's question comes from a pastor, and is: "How can I maintain a good rapport with my family when I'm so busy leading this church?" Our Christian Ministry Maven for this episode is Patricia Jehle, a university instructor in Switzerland and a business coach.  Patricia points out the why and how of making your family a priority when involved in a busy ministry. In this QT4CM episode she...

How do you write an effective fundraising letter?  Anna Burns of the Great Commission Foundation gives us tips on keeping in touch with our supporting community.   The QT4CM podcast is a peer knowledge sharing initiative for personal and professional development of Christian ministry workers.   Quick Tips for Christian Ministry is produced with the support of The Great Commissi...

Stan Belyshev is an entrepreneur, author and a life coach. Having served as a youth pastor for more than ten years has allowed Stan to understand the hearts and potential of the younger generation.  In this episode Stan outlines  The 9 Most Influential Role Models and Mind Molders that are that are Discipling the Younger Generation! In Episode 19 he spoke about his book " Generation...

Do you know why your donors support you?   Anna Burns of the Great Commission Foundation gives us tips on keeping in touch with our supporting community.   The QT4CM podcast is a peer knowledge sharing initiative for personal and professional development of Christian ministry workers.   Quick Tips for Christian Ministry is produced with the support of The Great Commission Found...

Organizational Coach Dr. Ken Thiessen talks about "scapegoat blaming" — another of the five unhealthy ways anxiety manifests itself in congregations and Christian ministries. It is important to understand how anxiety dominates much of the unhealthy decision making processes and broken relationships within faith-based ministries and congregations.   The QT4CM podcast is a peer k...

Are you showing your donors consistent gratitude?   Anna Burns of the Great Commission Foundation gives us tips on keeping in touch with our supporting community.   The QT4CM podcast is a peer knowledge sharing initiative for personal and professional development of Christian ministry workers.   Quick Tips for Christian Ministry is produced with the support of The Great Commiss...

Organizational Coach Dr. Ken Thiessen talks about "self-differentiation" — one of the five unhealthy ways anxiety manifests itself in congregations and Christian ministries. It is important to understand how anxiety dominates much of the unhealthy decision making processes and broken relationships within faith-based ministries and congregations.   The QT4CM podcast is a peer knowled...

Anna Burns of the Great Commission Foundation gives us tips on keeping in touch with our supporting community.   The QT4CM podcast is a peer knowledge sharing initiative for personal and professional development of Christian ministry workers.   Quick Tips for Christian Ministry is produced with the support of The Great Commission Foundation… to benefit those who serve in the Name of...

Organizational Coach Dr. Ken Thiessen talks about "triangulation" — one of the five unhealthy ways anxiety manifests itself in congregations and Christian ministries. It is important to understand how anxiety dominates much of the unhealthy decision making processes and broken relationships within faith-based ministries and congregations. The QT4CM podcast is a peer knowledge sharing ini...

Anna Burns of The Great Commission Foundation gives us five tips to reframe our attitude about fundraising. Trust God Learn to Ask It is Partnership Make Time Be Bold.   The QT4CM podcast is a peer knowledge sharing initiative for personal and professional development of Christian ministry workers.   Quick Tips for Christian Ministry is produced with the support of The Great Commiss...

Stan Belyshev is an entrepreneur, author and a life coach. Having served as a youth pastor for more than ten years has allowed Stan to understand the hearts and potential of the younger generation.  He speaks about his book " Generation Gap: Raising the Next Generation of Leaders" and calls for the elder generation to step up to disciple the future generation of Christian leaders. Stan Belysh...

Author Patrick Day explores this question in his latest novel: "How does a Christian worker stay tuned to the Holy Spirit amidst the mundane things we have to do in our ministry work; that is, those things that don’t have an overt spiritual objective?"   From time to time we will be bringing you these special episodes with "Christian Creatives", such as musicians, authors, poets, and other ar...

Anna Burns talks about the  number one question you should be asking your new donors. That question is — "What moved you to give for the first time?" Do you know what moved your donors to donate to you? Why did they give? Did they give because they support the ministry that you're doing or because they support you personally and whether you were working at this ministry or another minist...

Organizational Coach Dr. Ken Thiessen outlines five common ways that anxiety manifests itself in congregations and Christian ministries. It is important to understand how anxiety dominates much of the unhealthy decision making processes and broken relationships within faith-based ministries and congregations. Dr. Thiessen identifies these five unhealthy ways anxiety hampers good communic...

Two experts respond to these questions on security and longer term engagement we received from a ministry leader in Brazil: I’d like to hear about good resources with advice about safety and security for groups coming out on short term mission trips. Oh…and another thing I’d like to hear on your podcast — what are some advice on how do we engage these short term mission tourists to become long ter...