Interviews

Megan Fate Marshman: Everyday Grace

While influence tends to want to go upwards and grow to the right, I am fighting to go down to the left, and it takes a lot of intentionality.

Nirup Alphonse: It Starts With Hospitality

The point of hospitality is not to entertain; it is to tell a better story and invite people into the story of God. That's what people need. That's what they're longing for. They want to be a part of that story. And that story is transforming. That story is eternal. That story is enduring. That story is faithful.

Gene Appel: Do Less Ministry; Reach More People

None of the programs at our church were bad in and of themselves. The volume of it just prevented us from being focused on building relationships with those who are far from God. So, we had to do less ministry to reach more people. It sounds funny, but people had to be trained in how to do life with nonbelievers or people spiritually disinterested.

Josh Patrick: Culture and Discipleship

“The scorecard is changing. Church leaders are less enamored with drawing crowds and seem more interested in making disciples.”

Christiana Rice: Culture and Discipleship

"We need to learn reconciliation and unity. How can we love our neighbors when we can’t even love our sisters and brothers?"

Keith S. Whitfield: Culture and Discipleship

“We are not finished discipling until people are on mission—loving and serving others, making disciples themselves.”

Michelle Sanchez: The Road to Missional Discipleship—Part 1

“Discipleship isn’t robust unless it’s done in the context of mission, of evangelism—and that’s what Jesus did.”

Michelle Sanchez: The Road to Missional Discipleship—Part 2

“We’ve gotten distracted, but we need to focus more on our intentional process for making disciples who make disciples.”

Craig Groeschel: Irrational Generosity

"The moment we made that decision, it seemed like God blessed our church in a way he never had before."

Brian Orme: The Church in the Digital Age

"I believe there is a world that’s waiting for us to talk about the issues in a different way."

Alan Briggs: Flexibility and Multiplication

"When we take the church out of the building, things get messy, and we may lose any control we thought we had."