Books

Grover Park Baptist Church: A Thread of Hope

At auction, the quilts go for hundreds or even thousands of dollars that directly help women and children in need, providing funds for baby and maternity items at the pregnancy resource center.

James N. Sells: The Best Books on Church Care

People in pain do not live in the “post-Christian era.” They go to church for help.

A New Horizon: What Cultural Shifts Mean for Apologetics Today

We need to teach people how to find common ground, listen well, ask probing questions, disagree lovingly and boldly share their faith.

How Do You Prepare to Share Jesus?

Prepare your heart by preparing your mind, body and soul. Read the Word, remember the Word, recite the Word, and live out the Word.

Suffer Differently

Hope—the future state of time that our minds long to occupy—must begin with a relationally grounded, material experience with Jesus mediated through the Spirit, the Scriptures, and, often most powerfully, his body.

Lessons From Two Sisters

Refrain from allowing the distractions of ministry to overwhelm your sense of servanthood by sometimes being served by others.

The Power of 2G (Gratitude & Generosity)

The next time your heart struggles to recognize God’s gifts in your life, take a moment to consider three areas of God’s generosity: relational, physical, and spiritual.

Jennifer Holberg on the Power of Story

We can probably all think of examples of people who get “stuck” because they can’t imagine living out a different storyline.

Surrounded Leadership

Sometimes big change masquerades as small change. We go to the meetings as we are directed by our electronic calendars, but we increasingly see these commitments and our to-do lists as God’s call on our time as we develop these priorities in prayer.

How Families Serve

It’s a great paradox—the way up is down. True greatness is expressed in serving, not in dominating.

Plug Into God’s Power

A church that prays is a church that changes its focus from self to the Savior and redeems the time for God's will in the church's life.