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Doing More Together

The days when a network could simply say it exists to train church planters are over.

A Long Walk to Jesus

Someone who had been family by blood became family through the blood of the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.

Joel Muddamalle: Total Dependence

We think humility is an invitation for people to walk all over us, for endless suffering, to be left out. Yet the Bible doesn’t present that at all.

Alan Briggs: The Paralysis of Perfection

Lately I’ve been noticing two competing ideas in organizations: creativity and excellence. Of course, we need innovative solutions to problems. Count me in for more creativity. It’s the excellence piece that can trip us up.

Natasha Sistrunk Robinson: Why Do You Want to Grow?

Not everything that grows is healthy.

Can I Trust You?

No matter what kind of situation I get called into as a leadership consultant, before very long we will be looking at some issue regarding trust that is at the center of the problem or opportunity people are facing.

Where It All Begins — Shifts to Make Before Church Growth

The church grows up into maturity as each part is working properly, building itself up in love.

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.

Michelle Sanchez: Start With Sabbath

Forming a regular practice of resting in Christ is vital to our spiritual health and flourishing.

Why Do We Plant Churches?

We evangelize and we multiply, not as the ultimate goal, but because we want more people to treasure Christ together.

No Longer Depleted

Too many pastors and leaders have rejected the gift of weekly refreshment that God wants to give them.