What the Church May Look Like After COVID-19
During the CapinCrouse 2021 National Church Virtual Seminar held on February 24 and 25, 2021, I had the opportunity to lead a workshop in which leaders discussed what the church may look like after [...]
Noise Pollution—How to Decipher the Difference between Smart Ideas vs. COVID-19 Induced Noise
Since the start of COVID-19, we have all seen social media platforms blow up with people providing ideas, strategies, warnings, 5 or 10 ways to completely change over the next 90 days, etc. We [...]
6 Key Considerations for Budgeting in Changing Times
There is still considerable uncertainty about the global COVID-19 pandemic and its long-term effects. What will the effect be on your ministry’s future revenues, expenses, and opportunities? How can you best manage continually shifting [...]
The K Shape: Implications for Churches
This intriguing article, America's Two Coronavirus Realities by Dion Rabouin, perfectly describes what I am seeing in most churches and communities in the U.S. In my last ebook, Beyond: The Forward Focus Framework, I described three [...]
The Next Big Trend for Churches Post COVID
Fletch talks with William Vanderbloemen about the next steps for the church. We are in challenging times and COVID-19 is here for a while longer. Perhaps the end date will be the arrival of [...]
Leadership During Crisis: Guiding the Ship through the Storm
No one could have imagined as we began the new year the challenges we would be facing in our ministries, in our relationships, our finances, and our personal lives caused by the “invisible enemy”—Covid-19. [...]
Rethinking Normal: Making the Most of Our Golden Opportunity to Start Again
Anxious to get your church back to normal? You could miss the most effective ministry season of your life. Dumpster Day? Wait, what? I wondered to myself. Sitting in on a Zoom meeting with the [...]
Five Reasons Your Organization May Want to Elect the 8-Week Covered Period for Its PPP Loan
The Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act (the “Flex Act”), which became law on June 5, 2020, replaces the 8-week period (referred to in the law as the “Covered Period”) for spending Paycheck Protection Program [...]
Registering to Attend our Church Service … Really?
If you ever attended a sporting event or concert, you likely paid for a ticket and in some cases obtained a reserved seat for that ticket. You may have even tried to obtain entrance [...]
Reopening Your Church
Christianity Today’s Church Law & Tax recently launched ReopeningYourChurch. This is free website curating important content from Church Law & Tax and other sister websites, including Preaching Today and Small Groups. The goal: A trusted [...]
Re-Opening Checklist for Portable Churches
It’s a confusing time we live in now–especially if you are a leader in the church. Generally, leading is very real work. Specifically, leading during a time of pandemic is simply exhausting. Why? Because [...]
How Churches Can Benefit From The Remote Workforce
It's estimated that by the year 2020, 43% of the workforce will be freelance, 60 million people. That’s roughly four times the number in 2015 of 15.5 million. Moreover, businesses and churches are discovering [...]
PPP Loan Good Faith Certification: Now What?
As CapinCrouse previously reported, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has announced that the Small Business Administration (SBA) will perform a “full audit” of the loan applications of all recipients of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans [...]
How to Measure Online Attendance?
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated change in churches at arguably the fastest rate in history! Back in 2015, megachurches led the church world in offering online church: 30% of megachurches offered an online campus [...]
Protocols for Reopening the Church
There are a maze of documents and websites covering when and how to reopen a church for live worship services and events. Tom Krawczyk is a Campus Pastor at Thornapple Valley Church in Michigan. [...]
Cass Commercial Bank: Outstanding Customer Service in the Pandemic
Cass Commercial Bank has shown tremendous help to its clients during the pandemic. The following note demonstrates their concern. It begins with the important question of "how you are doing?" It then acknowledges the [...]
Leadership Live: Connecting to the Congregation
Leadership Live is a concept that Village Bible Church developed to connect with its congregation. Village Bible is a church of 1,500 people, spread across 5 campuses. They were looking for ways to connect with [...]
What Church Leaders Must Do, and Not Do, in the Pandemic
One of the CEOs I coach leads an organization with almost five hundred employees. In a video call with him this week, he began by explaining how he spent two days calculating when the [...]
April 22 Analysis, Don’t Pop The Champagne, yet …
Don’t pop the champagne yet, but … Yesterday on April 22, the rate of growth of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. was its lowest ever at 1.9%. I was hoping in my estimate that this would happen [...]
Great Pastoral Communication by Video
Churches should always over-communicate with the congregation. This is especially so during a crisis, such as the pandemic. Here is a superb video from Lighthouse Community Church. It is a message from their elders to [...]
Virtual Instruction–Navigating Online Resources and Child Safety
Greg Love and Kimberlee Norris of MinistrySafe have created a five page document on Virtual Instruction–Navigating Online Resources and Child Safety. This is both an analysis and a collection of best practices. The document is [...]
Post-Coronavirus Facility Reopening Checklist
Churches will reopen for public worship but the timing of that remains uncertain. It could be late May or in June. There are many questions about reopening, especially about safety protocols for a facility. [...]
Weathering the Pandemic’s Economic Impact
Fletch and Warren Bird talk about how church looks differently right now for all of us during the coronavirus pandemic. On this podcast, we cover finances, outreach, and other key insights to keep your [...]
COVID-19 and Culture Shock
COVID-19 has brought culture shock and angst to us all. David Fletcher and Mike Gould explain our discomfort at home, in the home-office, shopping and family life. Experience a one-minute street scene of India [...]