Interviews

Collin Outerbridge: Building a Multicultural, Multigenerational Church

There's something about a unifying vision that is greater than our preferences, that is focused on serving our community, that I think has led to a strong sense of connectivity that's allowed our church to grow and to impact people right here where we live.

Dave Ferguson: Multiplying Leaders

Every leader needs to have an apprentice. Even the lead pastor, as you're thinking about what's next, you need to have an apprentice so you can put that person in that role and you can commission them to go.

Nicole Martin: A Different Kind of Leadership

When I go to a great restaurant and it’s really good, no one ever has to tell me, “Could you let other people know?” I cannot wait to tell other people, first of all, that I've been, and second of all, how good the food is. I think we have lived our Christian lives on the periphery of God's grace and goodness and favor for so long that we don't know how good the food is for ourselves.

Wilfredo “Choco” De Jesús: New Life for Chicago’s Humboldt Park

"I'm not going to change the gospel and I'm not going to cheapen grace just because our society is saying it's OK."

Robert Coleman: Jesus’ Strategy to Reach the World

"If you are truly doing evangelism, you will take care of the people you bring to Christ."

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."