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How to Leverage Existing Ministries for Outreach

“You could launch new outreach ministries without removing any existing ministries, increasing your budget or adding staff.”

One Church’s Story of Transformation

We waited as each church went through the 30-day jumpstart. Then we heard the stories.

Charlie Dates: The Indestructible Power of the Gospel

Jesus lived 33 years, walking on water as it recognized its creator King and became a solid. He turned water into wine. He welcomed sinners and the marginalized into his company. And then, he died—that is, until death died. Until sin apologized. Until the earth rocked and reeled like a drunken man. Until the sun could no longer stand seeing its own creator crucified to a tree, so it pulled the shade across the noonday. They laid him in a borrowed tomb, but early Sunday morning, before the sun got up, the Son pulled one foot out of eternity, stepped back into time, and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me” (Matt. 28:18).

6 Secrets of Churches That Went From Death to Life

"How did these few churches go from near death to vibrant life? Here are their stories."

Megachurch World: Multiplying Global-Minded Leadership

“The sooner this happens, the more heaven will be populated with people from every nation, tribe, people and language.”

10 Major Church Trends You Need to Know About

"These are relatively easy to predict, but that does not make them less important. How might they affect your church?"

7 Ways to Eliminate Church Hoppers From Your Congregation

"Here are seven things we try to do to keep church hoppers from staying in the seats of our church for very long."

Pastors, Is Your Vision Big Enough?

"Vision is rallying people to a better future. Vision is helping people see what you see already."

Reclaiming Discipleship in the Church

“Few pastors will actually say this, but the church is still largely geared up to generate numbers more than loving one another.”

4 Ways Your Church Can Be Innovative

"Change is like electricity. Handled well, it brings great blessings. Handled carelessly, it can burn the house down."

Life.Church: Reflections on 10 Years of Online Evangelism

“As technology advances, the ‘capital C’ church no longer has to be separated by barriers of language and distance.”