Books

Back to School: Why Theological Education Matters to the Church

Evangelism is the church’s speech to the outside world, but worship is where it learns its grammar.

Learn to Linger in Grief

Imagine a church where grief isn’t ignored, but it also isn’t hopeless. Where lament isn’t a sign of weak faith, but an act of worship.

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.

Trading in a Dream for a Vision

A good plan feeds the leader's courage to leave the safe harbor and begin to discover and explore.

Becoming Great Commission People

Every church member can be a missionary to their hurting community. Here is how you can equip them.

What No One Else Sees, He Sees

A hush and a heaviness fell over us, and as Shauna moved toward her in empathy, every single woman who was sitting, standing, or scrunched in a corner of the room started crying.

What Are We Here For?

Our purpose in this life is to reflect our Maker, our God in heaven—we are, after all, imago dei.

Reshaping Your Missional Vision

Reshaping the vision of missions from the pulpit to the pew is all about living a life surrendered to God's will.

3 Ways to Teach a Bible Story to Children

The most natural place for children’s ministry teachers to begin is to look at a Bible story and think about what models should be followed—or avoided.

The Centrality of Communication in the Missionary Task

In their early years, should a team of missionaries focus less on language learning in order to provide humanitarian services to the poor?

Changing the Heart of the Leader

Church leaders are not responsible for coming up with plans or strategies of mobilization. We are to put into action what God places in our hearts.