Oak Park Church: Outreach in the City
Rather than solely coming alongside communities following major natural disasters, the church decided to use the ministry’s life-saving—and life-giving—equipment year-round.
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First Baptist Leesburg: More Than Sunday Morning
“We minister to the broken people in our community through many ministries, and we attract a lot of people who want to join our church because of our ministries,” says Art Ayris, executive pastor of administration at First Baptist.
Evangel Church: Never Stop Serving
Last year, Evangel started a church two hours away inside the largest women’s prison in New York. A pastor and a team go every Thursday to share a message, preach and lead worship for the prisoners.
David Kinnaman: Start the Conversation
Church leaders must recognize that what feels hidden is actually hurting people, and that discipleship includes helping people break free from destructive patterns.
Hills Church: New Name, Same Mission
Hills Church has grown, in part, due to Marksman—a strategy for men focused on reaching and discipling other men that includes a 6-week Bible study boot camp.
Bethlehem Church: What You Celebrate, You Replicate
The power of storytelling is used throughout the year to proclaim God’s goodness to the congregation, and it seems to be affecting church growth positively.
Helping Youth Thrive Spiritually
What if we trained our young people to look at their university training as a four-year mission trip? What if we helped them approach their jobs as if they were missionaries to their coworkers?
FBC Simpsonville: Raising the Sails
Pastor Wayne Bray maintains that God has organically been building and evolving their church year after year.
Elevate Life Church CT: Leave the Key Under the Mat
“When you walk into the church, I want you to feel life, I want you to feel joy, I want you to feel enthusiasm, I want you to feel passion...." -Pastor Jeremy Baker
Kingdom Fellowship AME Church: ‘A Heart for the People’
Kingdom Fellowship also carries on the tradition of addressing community needs. “The Black church has always seen itself as providing not just spiritual leadership, but holistic leadership,” Pastor Matthew Watley says.
