Interviews

Ryan Kwon: Nothing to Prove

“We’re so accustomed to the church being a noun. I want our bias to be action-oriented, and a movement that goes outward.”

Kyle Strobel: Power in Weakness

“Christians should become powerful Christians. But it’s only ever a power made perfect in our weakness, and it’s only ever a power that comes from God.”

Steve Carter: My Journey Through the Desert of Grief

The lessons about grief, God and identity Steve Carter encountered after resigning from Willow Creek

Les and Leslie Parrott: Saving Marriage—Part 2

“We often say that awareness is curative. You just shed light and pull back the veil and bring awareness to an issue. That so often opens a window of grace for a couple.”

Experience Speaks: J.D. Greear

J.D. Greear: "Success is raising up leaders and sending them out. Sending capacity, not seating capacity, ought to be our target."

Experience Speaks: Miles McPherson

Miles McPherson: "There’s too much I don’t know and will never know, but I know the one who does."

Experience Speaks: Gregg Matte

Gregg Matte: "It is never going as good as people say or as bad as people say."

Brian Houston: The Hillsong Experience

“I’ve always been passionate about big, global cities, cities that have influence within nations, within continents.”

Brian Tome: Something New in Cincinnati

“God planted a seed in my life—a real desire to strip away everything that is nonessential to helping someone understand Jesus.”

Sergio De La Mora: Turning a Generation

“I didn’t go into the ministry to be a megachurch pastor. I went into the ministry to do something mega for God.”

Experience Speaks: Shawn Johnson

"The church is this crazy paradox to me. It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever tried to manage; yet he’s in control of it all."