Interviews

Megan Fate Marshman: Everyday Grace

While influence tends to want to go upwards and grow to the right, I am fighting to go down to the left, and it takes a lot of intentionality.

Nirup Alphonse: It Starts With Hospitality

The point of hospitality is not to entertain; it is to tell a better story and invite people into the story of God. That's what people need. That's what they're longing for. They want to be a part of that story. And that story is transforming. That story is eternal. That story is enduring. That story is faithful.

Gene Appel: Do Less Ministry; Reach More People

None of the programs at our church were bad in and of themselves. The volume of it just prevented us from being focused on building relationships with those who are far from God. So, we had to do less ministry to reach more people. It sounds funny, but people had to be trained in how to do life with nonbelievers or people spiritually disinterested.

Ashley Wooldridge: Radical Generosity

When you get radically generous, it invites the blessing of God in a supernatural way.

Matthew Watley: Growth Through Service

It’s not the number of people who come to church, but the number who go out to serve, that defines real growth.

Brandon Guindon: Walk With Me

You have to take that faithful step and just start with one person.

Farther Than You Can See: Kenneth Ulmer and John-Paul Foster Look to the Future of Their Church

"God is doing something at Faithful Central that’s bigger than me. People have said to me, 'Those are some huge, huge, big shoes to fill.' I understand what people are saying when they say that, but I’m trusting the same God who filled his shoes to fill mine."

Dallas Jenkins: Seeing in the Dark

It's healthy to recognize the difference between something you preach from the pulpit, something you teach from a Sunday school class, and what actually belongs on film.

Christine Caine: Eyes on the Promise—Part 2

Like we see in the story of Moses and Joshua, leadership has the potential to either lead a generation into the promise or keep them out of it.

Christine Caine: Eyes on the Promise—Part 1

The blood of Jesus does not give you amnesia. It gives you a life beyond your past, but it doesn’t get rid of your past.

Sean Nemecek: Wholeness After Burnout

Teams that thrive tend to encourage one another seven to nine times more than they criticize.