Interviews

Tanita Maddox: Showing Up for Gen Z

There are just so many things that are compelling about the triune God and the way that triune God has enacted redemption for us and continues to sanctify us after we follow him. We just have to pull the contextualization out for our young people so they can see it on their terms.

Megan Fate Marshman: Everyday Grace

While influence tends to want to go upwards and grow to the right, I am fighting to go down to the left, and it takes a lot of intentionality.

Nirup Alphonse: It Starts With Hospitality

The point of hospitality is not to entertain; it is to tell a better story and invite people into the story of God. That's what people need. That's what they're longing for. They want to be a part of that story. And that story is transforming. That story is eternal. That story is enduring. That story is faithful.

Miles McPherson: The Rock Church, San Diego

How a former NFL safety started a youth ministry and one of the Largest and Fastest-Growing Churches in America

Efrem Smith: Sanctuary Covenant Church, Minneapolis

The pastor of a multiethnic congregation shares his passion for racial reconciliation and where he thinks the Church is headed in that regard.

Dave Gibbons: Newsong Church, Irvine, Calif.

People saw who Jesus hung out with—the fringe—and they said, “Jesus is for us.”

Bryan Jennings: Walking on Water

How one pro surfer found his ministry ignited ... and the opportunities flood in like a wave of purple prose.

Luis Palau on the Power of Simple Outreach

Through more than five decades of ministry, Palau has presented Christ to millions around the world. What advice does he have for us about outreach?

Andy Stanley: North Point Community Church

"Making people comfortable has never been the goal of the Church."