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**Quick Tips for Christian Ministry**

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019 Stan Belyshev on the "youth crisis" in churches #1 Jan 17, 2017

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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 Belyshev can be reached at:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stanbelyshev

https://www.facebook.com/groups/nexgenleaders/

https://www.youtube.com/c/stanbelyshev

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BPwgJaUt0E

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 Christ.

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018 Special Episode with Author Patrick Day Jan 14, 2017

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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 artists who create as a ministry.

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 Christ.

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017 Do you know why your donors give to you? Jan 12, 2017

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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 ministry they would continue to support you?

Knowing the answer to this question is one of the most powerful insights that you can ever gain from a donor. Anna outlines three reasons why you should ask this question as soon as possible.

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016 Five ways anxiety can destroy your ministry Jan 10, 2017

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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 communication and conflict resolution within Christian ministries:

Triangulation — people talk about people rather than to people
Self-differentiation — relationship is contingent on agreement
Blaming and Scapegoating — Who's the one who made this mess?
Multigenerational transmission process — an endless cycle of looking to replace "the problem person"
Over-functioning and Under-functioning — People who take on the burdens of responsibility for everything, and those who avoid responsibility for anything.

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015 Advice on Short Term Mission Trips Dec 22, 2016

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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 term donors?

They take a lot of our time and most we never hear from again after.

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014 Six ways to beat burn-out Dec 20, 2016

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Dr. Lyndon Wall of Refresh Ministries points out that burn-out is often predicated by a loss of hope. He prescribes six remedies to recover your hope and prevent burn-out.

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013 A Touch of Christmas Dec 15, 2016

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Anna Burns has a recommendation:

Reach out to your donors in a personal way by sending them a Christmas card.

This is a simple way to say, "Hey, I'm thinking of you and wanted to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas."

Anna Burns is with The Great Commission Foundation.

Click here for the InCourage Journal for Christian Service Workers.

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012 Eight Reasons why people give up on church [part 5] Dec 13, 2016

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Dr. Joel Thiessen continues his synopsis on the reasons people go "post-church".

The thesis he advances is that most of the reasons for why people diminish their involvement in church attendance has virtually nothing to do with what churches do or don't do. Most of these things have to do with broad cultural changes within society.

Dr. Thiessen identifies these eight reasons:

Rejection of exclusivity
Life transitions
Teenage choice
Too busy
Scandals and hypocrisy
Intellectual disagreement
Interpersonal tension
Social ties

Dr. Joel Thiessen continues his synopsis on the reasons people go "post-church".

Dr. Thiessen identifies these eight reasons:

Rejection of exclusivity
Life transitions
Teenage choice
Too busy
Scandals and hypocrisy
Intellectual disagreement
Interpersonal tension
Social ties

Joel is the Director of the Flourishing Congregations Institute at Ambrose University in Calgary.

Follow Dr. Joel Thiessen on Twitter, his website, or The Flourishing Congregations Institute. And read his intriguing book: "The Meaning of Sunday"

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011 Are you losing donors to your ministry? Dec 08, 2016

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Anna Burns answers this week's question —

"It's so hard to get donors on board and then keep them interested in supporting my project. I seem to be losing supporters. How can I keep them donating?"

Anna Burns is with The Great Commission Foundation.

Click here for the InCourage Journal for Christian Service Workers.

The background music featured on this podcast is by Christian musician Steve Bell and his producer and recording engineer Dave Zeglinski. It's called “Jesus My Glory“ and is from their Landscape disc in the Pilgrimage boxed set.

Check him out at http://stevebell.com/.

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010 Understanding those who only show up in Church for religious holidays [part 4] Dec 06, 2016

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Dr. Joel Thiessen talks about people who claim to be Christian... but only show up in church for religious holidays and rites of passage.

Between 40 and 50% of those who identify as Christian attend religious services mainly for religious holidays and rites of passage. They show up every Christmas. They show up every Easter. They baptize their children. They want to get married in a church, but they don't attend any other time of the year.

Dr. Thiessen identifies three reasons they do show up occasionally in church:

Tradition — Tradition is a powerful anchor that guides our behavior.

Family — Much like sitting around the dinner table, attending a religious service brings back the family memories.

Sacred Space — feeling closer to God in a church.

Joel is the Director of the Flourishing Congregations Institute at Ambrose University in Calgary.

Follow Dr. Joel Thiessen on Twitter, his website, or The Flourishing Congregations Institute. And read his intriguing book: "The Meaning of Sunday"

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Quick Tips for Christian Ministry

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?"

Organizational Coach Dr. Ken Thiessen outlines five common ways that anxiety manifests itself in congregations and Christian ministries.

Anna Burns has a recommendation:

Anna Burns is with The Great Commission Foundation.

Dr. Joel Thiessen continues his synopsis on the reasons people go "post-church".

Dr. Joel Thiessen continues his synopsis on the reasons people go "post-church".

Joel is the Director of the Flourishing Congregations Institute at Ambrose University in Calgary.

Anna Burns answers this week's question —

Anna Burns is with The Great Commission Foundation.

Dr. Joel Thiessen talks about people who claim to be Christian... but only show up in church for religious holidays and rites of passage.

Joel is the Director of the Flourishing Congregations Institute at Ambrose University in Calgary.

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