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7 Ways To Be Missional This Halloween

7 Ways To Be Missional This Halloween

In less than two weeks, your streets will be flooded with kids (and parents) who are trick-or-treating. This is literally the one time of year that people you don't know will be coming to your door, and it's a perfect opportunity to live out your faith by being...

A Guaranteed One-Step Plan for Church Growth

A Guaranteed One-Step Plan for Church Growth

I started to write this post with some really wordy paragraphs about church growth and ministry strategy but it sounded lame so I deleted it. Instead, let me admit to you what one of my biggest struggles has been. I struggle with a constant feeling of insufficiency....

3 Reasons Success is More Dangerous than Failure

3 Reasons Success is More Dangerous than Failure

Everyone likes to win. No matter how you define it or what it means in your context, winning is the goal. No one likes or wants to lose. Naturally, success would seem like an exclusively positive thing. It feels good to succeed, especially when the odds aren’t in your...

Two Questions to Help You Identify Your Calling

Two Questions to Help You Identify Your Calling

If I asked you what your calling in life is, could you answer me clearly? Most people can't, but the fact that more people than ever are openly searching for their calling is no secret. This search is materializing in a generational increase in "job hopping." In fact,...

Surrounded

Surrounded

What one thing makes the difference between success and failure winning and losing positive and negative outlook on life achieving your goals and giving up on them? The difference is made in who you surround yourself with. The key is in who you give permission to...

ABOUT JIMMY

Jimmy McLoud is the Lead Pastor of First Christian Church in Canton, Ohio. His passion – and the vision of First Christian – is to share the good news that Jesus is for all people by helping them find hope, purpose, and a place to belong. He serves on the Board of Directors for The Solomon Foundation and on the Advisory Team for The Unstuck Group. Jimmy and his wife, Ashley, live in North Canton with their four kids: Braylon, Carter, Ellie, and Grace.