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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.

Michelle Sanchez: Start With Sabbath

Forming a regular practice of resting in Christ is vital to our spiritual health and flourishing.

Why Do We Plant Churches?

We evangelize and we multiply, not as the ultimate goal, but because we want more people to treasure Christ together.

No Longer Depleted

Too many pastors and leaders have rejected the gift of weekly refreshment that God wants to give them.

A Story Worth Telling

As the church, we are responsible for telling the most important story in human history.

Alan Noble: Loving by Living

To follow Christ is to die to self. And when you’re suffering mentally, dying to self looks like choosing to live, which is ironic, but there it is. It’s choosing to embrace life and not to despair.

Your Greatest Opportunities as a Leader

Most teams and churches are doing too many things, resulting in scattered focus on subpar results. Eliminating opportunities that are draining will naturally create focus and channel resources toward the best opportunities.

The Real Work

We must take responsibility for our part in God’s mission, of course, but let’s never forget that the real work is God’s work.

How Is Your Soul?

Caring for your soul means caring for the unique, God-breathed identity that includes your mental, emotional, physical, spiritual and relational self.