Interviews

Jamin Goggin: Why We Need Pastors Who Confess

"When a pastor chooses to live an unconfessed life, they put themselves in far greater danger than when being vulnerable." -Jamin Goggin

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.

Brad Powell: NorthRidge Church, Plymouth, Mich.

BRAD POWELL is senior pastor of NorthRidge Church in Plymouth, Mich. CONNECTION TO OUTREACH MAGAZINE: Brad is a contributing editor, whose question-and-answer column, "Leading Change,"...

Jim Tomberlin: MultiSite Solutions

Jim Tomberlin is founder, president and senior strategist for MultiSite Solutions, formerly Third Quarter Consulting. 2012 Multisite Trends » Jim Says: "Multisite has enriched church-planting strategy...

Ed Stetzer: LifeWay Research

Ed Stetzer is president and missiologist in residence of LifeWay Research and author of eight books, including Lost and Found: The Younger Unchurched and the...

Max Lucado: Oak Hills Church, San Antonio, Texas

The best-selling author and pastor talks about his personal bout with fear and preaching to nonbelievers at Easter

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.