Magazine

First Baptist Leesburg: More Than Sunday Morning

“We minister to the broken people in our community through many ministries, and we attract a lot of people who want to join our church because of our ministries,” says Art Ayris, executive pastor of administration at First Baptist.

Fastest-Growing Churches: Lessons From the Front Lines

“People see “big C” church as judgy, legalistic rules. If we can work together and show the opposite of that, I feel like that’s our role: to rewrite the narrative of church based on serving.” —Meghan Smith, Trace Church

Evangel Church: Never Stop Serving

Last year, Evangel started a church two hours away inside the largest women’s prison in New York. A pastor and a team go every Thursday to share a message, preach and lead worship for the prisoners.

Preparing for a Fruitful Harvest

If we want to see revival and lives transformed for eternity, we need to get on our knees to pray.

Anna Morgan: When Women Are Called to Leadership

It starts with a woman identifying her own calling.

Ed Stetzer: All Shapes and Sizes

A church with mission-shaped people living together for the gospel makes all the difference.

Disperse the Church

The attractional church sometimes created an opposing current as we sought to develop a decentralized network of disciple makers and microchurches.

Taking Off the Cape: Your Leadership Superpower Might Be Your Biggest Leadership Problem

Wise leaders don’t waste a crisis—they use it to help their people become the very best versions of themselves.

Heather Matthews: Beyond #MeToo

If people outside the church saw Christians empowering and advocating for women and fighting against sexism, that the gospel might actually be good news, especially for women outside the church.

Simplify Evangelism

The first mission field to which God calls every Christian is our neighborhood.

The Call of the Road: Gathering of Nomads

“We’re the mobile doctors, if you will, trying to go find them and bring healing and reconciliation back to Jesus.” —Shane Boyd