Meeting from the Heart

School Culture

It’s easy for a student to get lost in the crowd of school, whether your school has 2,000 students or 20 students. One of the main jobs of school leaders is to make sure their students are doing well throughout the year, providing support when the students go through various processes, challenging and encouraging them…

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Preparing Your Students to Preach

School Culture

Every year in November, BSSM’s second year students get ready for what we lovingly call “Preach Week.” During Preach Week, every single second year student must preach an eight to ten minute sermon based on a Scripture. Their Scripture is assigned to them by the school’s administration. It’s a week full of anxiety, grace, encouragement,…

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Why We’re Building Slowly

School Culture

While we were at BSSM, my wife and I felt strongly that God wanted us to build a school around a team. So when we returned home to Australia in 2018, we prayed about when we would start our school. We felt like 2020 was our launch date, which at the time was a year…

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Hold All Things Loosely

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As leaders, it’s important to make plans. Leaders take big goals and break them down into smaller goals and actionable steps, and prepare for anything that comes along. Leaders look at where they want their students to be and create a plan for them to get there by the end of the year. While making…

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3 Keys to Meeting Your Needs

School Leadership

Heraclitus, a Greek philosopher, said, “Change is the only constant in life.” Our lives are continually changing. Sometimes it can feel like we’re in a constant state of transition. We can all likely relate, leading a school and constantly going from one thing to the next. We’re all trying to discover the balance between work,…

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Ropes Course: Leading Students to Face Fears & Build Bonds

School Culture

Every year at BSSM, over 2,000 students take a one-day trip with their revival groups to The Course: a full day of activities both on the ground and high in the air on a rope-suspended challenge course. Students are led by a trained team of staff at The Course in Weaverville, California, solving physical and…

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The Role of Social Media in Your School

School Culture

Social media plays a vital part in today’s society. The average American spends 11 hours a day interacting with media. With such a prominent place in people’s lives, it is unlikely that social media will be leaving our world any time soon. With that in mind, it’s important to understand the impact of social media…

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How to Eat an Elephant: Or, How to Start a School of Supernatural Ministry

School Structure

Let’s face it, planning something as big as a school of supernatural ministry can be daunting. When the Lord puts a dream in your heart, He doesn’t always give you a plan to execute it right away. One of the Lord’s core values is freedom, and He wants us to creatively express ourselves in every…

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Staff Resource Pick: Personality Tests

School Structure

Personality tests are a fun way for people to grow in self-awareness, communication, and connection! Schools can utilize personality tests for both staff and students to foster confidence and unity within the environment. Benefits of taking personality tests are self-awareness, ownership, and confidence. While many students may have an understanding of their traits, motivations, and…

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Staff Resources Pick: Connect to Other Leaders

School Structure

Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry is an incredible place led by incredible people, some with 20+ years of experience. But we know that we haven’t seen everything. Many schools are running or launching in places we don’t have firsthand experience of. When we help others start their own schools, we rely on our relationships with…

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