Our articles encourage, educate, and equip church leaders as they serve Christ at their churches.
May 10, 2021Watermark Resources
Why Budgeting Isn’t About The Numbers
Is budgeting at your church an afterthought? Is it something that is dictated by one person or group with no input from those who will have to live by the budget? Is the budgeting process one of gamesmanship, where people ask for more than they need knowing that they will get a certain percent of the ask? Or is the budget exactly the same each year, with just a percentage added to each line to cover inflation?
Church Leadership
Mar 29, 2021Watermark Resources
The Hard Work Of Hiring
Hiring for your church staff is a high-stakes game.
Church Leadership
Mar 15, 2021Watermark Resources
Why We Have Boring Annual Reviews
The dreaded annual performance review. It is a yearly source of anxiety, awkwardness, and/or pointless paperwork for employees and managers everywhere.
Church Leadership
Jan 25, 2021Watermark Resources
Why Church Membership Matters
What does it mean to be a member of your church? Do you know who your members are, and how they are doing? What makes them different from non-members?
Discipleship
Church Leadership
Dec 20, 2020Watermark Resources
How God Used Re:generation To Change My Church
A few years ago, the church I helped to start, and pastor for twenty-one years, was full of people struggling to keep themselves together. I was no exception. All of us were scraping by, feeling defeated, drowning in discouragement, and seemingly broken beyond repair. Many of us had shattered our lives and thrown away our dreams. Our church was messy, confused, and in desperate need of restoration. Thankfully, the Lord was not done with us.
Care & Recovery
Discipleship
Dec 14, 2020Watermark Resources
More Than Fetching Coffee
For most people, the word internship conjures up images of fetching coffee, sorting through filing cabinets, or inputting data into spreadsheets. Even in church circles, internships often amount to nothing more than busy work and the occasional planning meeting. Interns typically fill the role of “doing whatever the full-time staff don’t want to do themselves.” And sadly, opportunities like this often leave both interns and the churches they serve at wanting for more.
Discipleship
Church Leadership
Dec 7, 2020John McGee
Your Most Important Christmas Ministry
For many church leaders, life reaches a fever pitch during the holiday season. You’re probably concerned about making budgets, preparing end-of-year reports, planning the best Christmas Eve service possible—and doing it all with the ongoing challenges of a pandemic. With all of the December activity it can be easy to forget one group: your family.
Marriage
Church Leadership
Dec 3, 2020Watermark Resources
Draw A Circle Around Yourself
When conflict arises, is it ever your fault? It’s easy to see the mistakes of others or recognize their flaws. After all, the problem is literally staring you in the face. Your spouse is the reason your marriage is in shambles. Your friend is the one who started the argument. Your child is rebelling against your authority. That church Member is being unreasonable. And so on. It’s always somebody else’s fault; someone else is always the source of the problem.
Discipleship
Spiritual Formation
Nov 30, 2020Watermark Resources
When Hard Conversations Go Bad
What do you do? We’ve all been there. You’re having a hard conversation with someone, and things aren’t going well. They’re not responding the way you had hoped. No matter how much you try, you seemingly can’t see eye-to-eye. The conversation gets heated, or it drags on endlessly with no progress made. It feels like you’re in a worse spot now than when you started. What do you do?
Discipleship
Church Leadership
Nov 22, 2020Watermark Resources
20 Reasons To Give Thanks In 2020
Counting our blessings Does it feel like this year has given you little to be thankful for at Thanksgiving?
Spiritual Formation
Nov 18, 2020Watermark Resources
How To Handle Feedback
When you are in a position of leadership, feedback pretty much comes with the job. Someone has likely given you feedback this week in some form or another, whether it be a face-to-face observation from a friend or an anonymous email rant. It might be helpful and constructive, but often it feels critical and discouraging. Because of that negative aspect, many people dread receiving feedback.
Church Leadership
Sep 4, 2020Watermark Resources
Overcoming The “Enemies” Of Great Work
Do you want to do a great work for God? To use your time on Earth to make an impact for the kingdom? Then you’d better be prepared to overcome obstacles.
Church Leadership
Aug 12, 2020Watermark Resources
What Is Re|engage?
You could say that the re|engage ministry was born out of burnout.
Marriage
Discipleship
