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

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."