Interviews

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.

Mark Sayers: The False Promise of Platforms

A platform society equates visibility with influence. But it doesn’t really align with the kingdom of God mentality.

David Kinnaman: And Now for Some Good News

The inevitability, the inexorable decline of Christianity, is not a done deal. It’s not as though there’s been a complete turnaround and everyone’s a Christian, but there’s a real moment of spiritual openness that is translating now into this resurgence of interest in Jesus. It’s a big deal.

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."

Charles Jenkins: Ministry and the Arts

The senior pastor of an iconic, historic, multiethnic and multigenerational church, Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, Chicago

Erwin McManus: The Soul as Art

"When I became a person of faith, to be perfectly frank, all the models for discipleship were suffocating to me."

Hugh Halter: On Mission and Beyond

Hugh Halter: "The goal is not that you have incarnational people, but incarnational communities."

Samuel Rodriguez: The Message and the March

“How can we be happy that we have a sanctuary that seats 5,000, when 10 minutes away there are people in poverty?”