Resources

Brandon O’Brien’s Top Books on Small Church Ministry

Rather than being a subcategory of American ministry, the small church is the norm. If you take a longer and broader view, most churches throughout history and in most parts of the world are and always have been small.

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.

The Darkest Valley

We couldn’t see a way forward.

How We Can Help Equip the Next Generation

It is not enough for kids to know basic Bible stories—they need to know how to read God’s Word for themselves and apply it to their lives.

5 Things the Church Should and Shouldn’t Do for the Gen Z Mental Health Crisis

No one denies young people’s mental health struggles. Why have so many of us Christians failed to offer solutions?

Jesus at the Center

Who is informing your view of immigrants and people of other faiths?

Valuing Multiethnicity

God’s creative spirit is manifest in the way he designed humanity.

Love: The Newest Innovation in Ministry

People who are hungry for the truth want to be among people who show genuine love to them.

Known by God

If Adam and Eve forfeited the blessing of being known intimately and personally by God, faith in God is what restores that knowledge.

Brian Rosner: How to Find Yourself

“This book looks directly at our cultural moment and the identity angst that seems to have engulfed our age.”