by Tracee Swank | Aug 25, 2026 | challenges, entrepreneur, Kingdom
Most people never ask where their giving actually goes. You do. You want to know that a gift is doing real work, not disappearing into overhead or good intentions. Here is the honest answer for Church4Today: The vast majority of every dollar given goes directly to...
by Tracee Swank | Aug 25, 2026 | immersion, microchurch, Scattered & Sent
Registration for Scattered & Sent: A Microchurch Immersion closes September 1. That is one week from today. If you have been sitting with this decision, here is what I want to say directly: The leaders who most need this kind of experience are often the ones who...
by Tracee Swank | Aug 24, 2026 | church health, community, Kingdom, mission
Every leader who has tried to change a church knows the feeling. You see clearly where the congregation needs to go. The mission demands it. You make the case, you cast the vision, and then you run straight into a wall of resistance you did not expect and do not...
by Tracee Swank | Aug 20, 2026 | change, growth, renewal
You read the book. Listened to the podcast interview twice. Drove two hours to sit in the back row of the church everyone’s talking about and came home with a folder of notes and a plan to run it back at your own congregation. Six months later, still...
by Tracee Swank | Aug 19, 2026 | church health, England, leadership
You did not take up leadership to manage and maintain mission. You took it up because you believed in God’s call for this church, in this generation, to reach more people. Somewhere along the way, momentum quietly faded. Not from lack of effort. From drift, the...