by Michael Bayne | Oct 5, 2017 | family ministry, youth ministry
One of the most important elements of a healthy church is the choice to create, fund, and empower a healthy family ministry. As we work toward launching Greenville Community Church, creating a thriving, healthy family ministry is one of our top priorities because we...
by Michael Bayne | Jun 19, 2014 | children's ministry, youth ministry
If you live in Middle Tennessee, you are anywhere close to Clarksville, TN, and you are a children’s, student, or family pastor I would love to buy you lunch and connect on June 25. Well, let me be honest. The D6 Conference is going to buy your lunch but I get...
by Michael Bayne | May 30, 2014 | children's ministry, family ministry, Parenting, youth ministry
It only took me 13 years of serving kids, teens, and their parents for me to figure out that I actually needed to slow down and create parent strategy if the ministry I led was actually going to be capable of partnering with parents. I served parents of teens and kids...
by Michael Bayne | Mar 25, 2014 | children's ministry, family, youth ministry
Are family mission experiences effective? This week a team from our church is going to find out as several families from our church head to serve together in St. Louis. My family is part of that team and we can’t wait to see how this experiment turns out. Our...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 24, 2014 | children's ministry, environment, youth ministry
Evaluation is one of the greatest tools we have as ministry leaders. The greatest thing we can do for the ministry or church we lead is to have the courage to step back every week and evaluate what we are creating. As ministry leaders we all create environments. It...
by Michael Bayne | Feb 13, 2014 | children's ministry, family ministry, Orange, youth ministry
There is a huge difference between launching a church with a family ministry model and transitioning a church toward that same model. Transitioning a church in a new direction can be filled with many many obstacles and many times those obstacles keep leaders from...
