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.”

Aubrey Sampson: The Beauty of Lament

"Those we shepherd will see that it is in our honest crying out to God in our pain that our worship grows more authentic." ~Aubrey Sampson

Patrick Miller and Keith Simon: Outside Influence

The church has thrived throughout history and around the world when we don’t have power.

Caleb Breakey: Engage This Generation

"The older generation needs to help us, reconnect us to the purpose of church."

Hugh Halter: How Do We Lead People to Live on Mission?

"The goal is not incarnational people, but incarnational communities. Eventually that leads to an incarnational church."

Matt Chandler: Why Church Planting Matters to Me

"Church planting is the way God has spread the fame of his name and the glory of the gospel."

Wilfredo “Choco” De Jesús: Do the Numbers Really Matter?

"While we don’t get to determine the talents which God has given us, we do choose how we leverage them for the kingdom."

Judah Smith: The Love of Two Fathers

"I was 11 and had this profound sense in my soul that God said, 'You are going to be a speaker to your generation.'"

David Fitch: On the Missional Frontier

"The engagement with our local neighborhoods, villages, towns is harder and harder the bigger and bigger you get."

Shane Farmer: An Irrevocable Call

"Part of what drives me to this day is Christ called me into ministry. I ran, but he called me back, and he did not revoke his call."

Matt Chandler: A Church Planter’s Heart

Matt Chandler: "When it’s my turn to go home to glory, I’d much rather leave behind hundreds and hundreds of gospel-rich churches than just one big church where I preached."