Ideas

Embrace Church: Real Transformation

The church’s success is a testament to divine grace working through flawed people, Pastor Adam Weber insists. Embrace’s goal-setting process, called “traction,” has also multiplied its congregation.

CenterPoint Church: A Steady Presence in Long Island

“Our focus is always on reaching the lost and those who are far from God. We just keep honoring God, trying to reach our community, being missional and attractional, and person by person, they keep coming through the doors.” - Pastor Brian McMillan

Making a Difference in Montana

This Montana church began to visit people in their homes and deliver food and supplies monthly. Today, the ministry takes a holistic approach to serving Native American communities.

How to Use AI to Repurpose Sermons for Social Media

Most churches have limited time, budget and staff resources, yet they face increasingly high expectations for quality content that engages their congregation and reaches new people.

Ideas: Unusual Dates for Outreach, Celebrate Ordinary Time, and More

Get the whole church involved in these ideas to spend meaningful time together and engage with your neighbors.

Trace Church: Waving the White Towel

Since Trace Church started using these white towels, baptism numbers have skyrocketed.

ACTS Church Lakeway: An Incubator for Church Planters

The plan was to incubate church planters within existing churches and then release them after six to nine months to plant the network’s next church

Suncrest Christian Church: A Church Worth Reproducing

In its first decade, Suncrest was a young, small church without the resources to do what they’re doing now.

Sending Over Seating: West Ridge Church Is Set to Launch Its 125th Church

West Ridge focuses on raising up the next generation from within the church to send out and either be church planters or serve as part of a church planting team.

Machine Yearning: Discipling Young People in the Age of AI

AI is not the enemy; it is a tool. But it is a tool that demands careful stewardship.

Campus Connections: A Focus on College Students Drives Iowa Church Planting

Although people tend to think that university students are hard to reach, Mark Vance disagrees. “The college campus is actually freakishly wildly open to the gospel.”