Daniel Threlfall, Author at Sharefaith Magazine

Should Worship Leaders Really Be Exalted on Stage?

Walk into just about any church this Sunday morning, and you’ll see something so common that you’d never think twice about it — worship leaders on the stage. In contemporary churches, it’s as common as padded c... Read More...

Five Reasons Your Short-Term Mission Trip Might Do More Harm Than Good

American Christians go on short-term mission trips en masse. In 2006, 2.2 million Americans went on a mission trip, according to the authors of When Helping Hurts. To fund these trips, churches spent $1.6 billi... Read More...

Stop Focusing on Your Church’s #FirstWorldProblems

I remember the first time I saw the meme, first world problem. My first response was “LOLZ! SO TRUE!” I kept on looking at hilarious meme after hilarious meme. And the second response I had, which came right ... Read More...

Six Reasons a Church Might Not Have an Evening Service

Every church is going to do things differently. That’s fine. One of the recent trends in church life is to have a single Sunday service rather than two services — a morning service, then a Sunday evening servic... Read More...

Is Sunday School Teaching Our Kids Real Faith?

Sunday school has been a fixture of American Christianity for many years. Since its birth during Great Britain’s industrial revolution, Sunday School has become about as sacred as pews and stained glass. In spi... Read More...

How to Hire Church Staff with Integrity, Honesty and Reliability

If you hire the wrong person for your church staff, you could ruin your church. That’s why hiring decisions can be the most agonizing, time-consuming, and difficult that a pastor faces. How, apart from a huge c... Read More...

How to Avoid Emotional Manipulation During Worship

A worship service can be a highly emotional time. The powerful music, crowds of people, the aura of God’s majesty, and turning one’s attention to him can create intense feelings of joy, anticipation, or even so... Read More...

Ten Things You Should Never Do With Your Church Website

A church website is a pretty big responsibility. Thankfully, it’s not impossible to keep up with the responsibility. It just requires a clear head about a few things. Here, we’ve collected a list of ten things ... Read More...

Ten Signs Your Small Group Is Doing It Wrong

How effective are our small groups at accomplishing their goal? That depends on what the goal is. If the goal is to talk about college football, then I’ve witnessed a men’s small groups that is thriving. If, on... Read More...

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