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Let Me Hear You “GO, Fight, WIN!” In 2026

I, like many of you, am thick in the throes of raising active, athletic kids in the midst of ministry, marriage, and more. I constantly have dugout cheers reverberating in my brain with three softball players in our family. One of the most common cheers…

Encouragement for Ministry Leaders!

The INCM team is incredibly grateful for your investment in the kingdom and we want to bring you some encouragement today! You see the littlest ones as worthy, not as a distraction. You see all children as a gift from the Lord, not a burden….

Handling Feedback: Becoming 1% More Like Jesus

“Needs improvement.” Yikes. This might be the least favorite feedback to hear as leaders… or as humans. Why is it so hard to hear feedback on the areas that we need to work on? Even though we recognize we aren’t perfect and we certainly know…

Four Ways to Invest in Your Volunteers

ROI. Dollar Cost Averaging. Buy Low. Sell High. These words and phrases may not mean much to you unless you’re an investor or someone who is very familiar with the stock market and all things financial. You may not think about the stock market or…

5 Ideas to Build an ALL-IN Team

It’s the first week of fall. Google says, “fall ends our long, hot summer.” I had to laugh, clearly Google doesn’t live in Florida! Perhaps where you are, the temperature is settling in with a cool breeze and hopefully our volunteer teams and families are…

Top 3 Reasons It’s Great to Be a Small Church

Written by Ali Thompson, Executive Editor at Group Publishing. This is a paid partnership. Churches come in all shapes and sizes. That’s an amazing thing about the diversity of the body of Christ! Some people want the high-tech productions that are easier to pull off…

The First Sunrise

Written by Zac Vakadewatabua. This is a paid partnership with Operation Christmas Child. My name is Sakiusa Rokovasa Vakadewatabua, Jr. but I go by Zac. I grew up in a country that greets the first sunrise of every day. Fiji consists of over three hundred…

Pacing for the Long Run

Read this encouragement from INCM Interim Executive Director, Heather Eichler. Some seasons of ministry feel like a sprint. Summer can be one of those seasons: VBS, camp, family events, a more inconsistent schedule for volunteers, and a different rhythm in our ministries and own homes…

Growing Your Children’s Ministry through Public School Outreach

This article was written by Kori Pennypacker, CEO of Bible2School. This is a paid partnership. Wouldn’t it be great if, as a children’s ministry leader, you could reach kids in your community who don’t attend church with the message of the Bible during the week? …