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Becoming a Resilient Church, Ranking #1 on YouTube and a Giving Appeal from Philippians

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September 11, 2020
Modern Church Leader on becoming a resilient church, ranking #1 on youtube and a giving appeal from Philippians

How to be a Resilient Church in Times of Uncertainty and Change‍

2020 has been a crazy year packed with challenges, new situations and massive uncertainty. Church online is here to stay, but are you doing everything you can to reach and connect with your community? Is your online church service everything you want it to be?

On this episode of Modern Church Leader Tithe.ly COO, Frank Barry sits down with Walter Joseph, Founding/Lead Pastor of Walking on Water Ministries in Ontario, CAN.

They'll be discussing how COVID has impacted Water Ministries in Ontario, how they're not planning on going back to in person gatherings until 2021, and the role building resilience plays in church leadership.

How to Make a Giving Appeal from Philippians



In this episode of Modern Church Leader, Tithe.ly CEO Dean Sweetman shares how to preach a giving appeal from Philippians in the Bible.

How to Rank Your Sermons #1 on YouTube

In this episode of Modern Church Leader, Tithe.ly COO Frank Barry describes how you can have your sermons ranked #1 on YouTube.


Caroline Morris

Caroline Morris serves as the Marketing Content Producer and has been a part of the Tithely team for over 5 years. Her heart is to see the growth of generosity in the local church. Caroline lives in Tennessee with her husband, Tim, and Golden Retriever, Hank.

H1 What’s a Rich Text element?

H2 What’s a Rich Text element?

H3 What’s a Rich Text element?

H4 What’s a Rich Text element?

H5 What’s a Rich Text element?
H6 What’s a Rich Text element?

The rich text element allows you to create and format headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, images, and video all in one place instead of having to add and format them individually. Just double-click and easily create content.

H4 Static and dynamic content editing

A rich text element can be used with static or dynamic content. For static content, just drop it into any page and begin editing. For dynamic content, add a rich text field to any collection and then connect a rich text element to that field in the settings panel. Voila!

H4 How to customize formatting for each rich text

Headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, figures, images, and figure captions can all be styled after a class is added to the rich text element using the "When inside of" nested selector system.

  • List Item 1
  • List Item 2
  • List Item 3

Headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, figures, images, and figure captions can all be styled after a class is added to the rich text element using the "When inside of" nested selector system.

Headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, figures, images, and figure captions can all be styled after a class is added to the rich text element using the "When inside of" nested selector system.

How to be a Resilient Church in Times of Uncertainty and Change‍

2020 has been a crazy year packed with challenges, new situations and massive uncertainty. Church online is here to stay, but are you doing everything you can to reach and connect with your community? Is your online church service everything you want it to be?

On this episode of Modern Church Leader Tithe.ly COO, Frank Barry sits down with Walter Joseph, Founding/Lead Pastor of Walking on Water Ministries in Ontario, CAN.

They'll be discussing how COVID has impacted Water Ministries in Ontario, how they're not planning on going back to in person gatherings until 2021, and the role building resilience plays in church leadership.

How to Make a Giving Appeal from Philippians



In this episode of Modern Church Leader, Tithe.ly CEO Dean Sweetman shares how to preach a giving appeal from Philippians in the Bible.

How to Rank Your Sermons #1 on YouTube

In this episode of Modern Church Leader, Tithe.ly COO Frank Barry describes how you can have your sermons ranked #1 on YouTube.


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Caroline Morris

Caroline Morris serves as the Marketing Content Producer and has been a part of the Tithely team for over 5 years. Her heart is to see the growth of generosity in the local church. Caroline lives in Tennessee with her husband, Tim, and Golden Retriever, Hank.

H1 What’s a Rich Text element?

H2 What’s a Rich Text element?

H3 What’s a Rich Text element?

H4 What’s a Rich Text element?

H5 What’s a Rich Text element?
H6 What’s a Rich Text element?

The rich text element allows you to create and format headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, images, and video all in one place instead of having to add and format them individually. Just double-click and easily create content.

H4 Static and dynamic content editing

A rich text element can be used with static or dynamic content. For static content, just drop it into any page and begin editing. For dynamic content, add a rich text field to any collection and then connect a rich text element to that field in the settings panel. Voila!

H4 How to customize formatting for each rich text

Headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, figures, images, and figure captions can all be styled after a class is added to the rich text element using the "When inside of" nested selector system.

  • List Item 1
  • List Item 2
  • List Item 3

Headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, figures, images, and figure captions can all be styled after a class is added to the rich text element using the "When inside of" nested selector system.

Headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, figures, images, and figure captions can all be styled after a class is added to the rich text element using the "When inside of" nested selector system.

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How to be a Resilient Church in Times of Uncertainty and Change‍

2020 has been a crazy year packed with challenges, new situations and massive uncertainty. Church online is here to stay, but are you doing everything you can to reach and connect with your community? Is your online church service everything you want it to be?

On this episode of Modern Church Leader Tithe.ly COO, Frank Barry sits down with Walter Joseph, Founding/Lead Pastor of Walking on Water Ministries in Ontario, CAN.

They'll be discussing how COVID has impacted Water Ministries in Ontario, how they're not planning on going back to in person gatherings until 2021, and the role building resilience plays in church leadership.

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In this episode of Modern Church Leader, Tithe.ly COO Frank Barry describes how you can have your sermons ranked #1 on YouTube.


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