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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.

David Kinnaman: Start the Conversation

Church leaders must recognize that what feels hidden is actually hurting people, and that discipleship includes helping people break free from destructive patterns.

Hills Church: New Name, Same Mission

Hills Church has grown, in part, due to Marksman—a strategy for men focused on reaching and discipling other men that includes a 6-week Bible study boot camp.

The Joyful Watchman

The best mentorship I give is to get people into the Word and seeking what the Spirit wants to do through it today.

Alan Briggs: Why Busy Isn’t Best

If we’re going to slow down and become more present to families, teams and congregations, we must make a shift from an efficiency mindset to an effectiveness mindset.

Prone to Wander—The Dechurching Phenomenon in America

Of the 15 million people who left evangelical churches, 51% of them are willing to return—right now.

AI and the Church: A Brave New World

It’s really important for the church to have the best understanding about AI and be ready to equip people.

Faith Eury Cho: Centered on the Presence of God

Busyness doesn’t have to compete with my intimacy with the Lord. I do everything for him and with him.

Dangerous Growth

Yes, God uses our gifts, but at the end of the day, when success comes, God gets the glory because he is the source.

Church Without Walls

“We need to look at inviting people in online or even creating opportunities for people to be digital missionaries, sharing Jesus in digital and virtual spaces.” —Jeff Reed

Ed Stetzer: What to Make of AI

It’s one thing to ask AI to help with sermon title ideas; it’s another to replace the study of God’s Word, and the work of the Holy Spirit, with ideas pulled together by AI.