Resources

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

When You Don’t Want to Read the Bible

You were ultimately made to respond to God’s heart. You were made to know the voice of the Good Shepherd, to lean on his care, to depend on his provisions, to trust in his protection. You were made to come running when your Father calls you home to sit at his table!

Angulus Wilson: Evangelism Is the Heart of God

When the church taps into the mission and the heart of God, she gets mobilized, she can get revived. We can see growth and new initiative.

The Momentum of Encouragement

We should be encouragers, not competitors. If we do, we may recapture the joy of serving Jesus amid brokenness.

Biblical Foundations for the Beatific Vision

Our allegiance to the Bible is a direct reflection of our allegiance to God, since the Scriptures are his breathed-out, authoritative words (2 Tim 3:16).

Samuel G. Parkison

What do evangelicals stand to gain by reclaiming the doctrine of the beatific vision, and how might their theological distinctives stand to not only inform their reception of the doctrine but also enrich the great tradition more broadly?

Navigating Pay Statuses at Your Church

Are musicians considered 1099 contractors or part-time employees? Can volunteers work for free for the church’s for-profit ventures like a coffee shop or daycare?

Selah

We are speeding, and we need to selah instead.

Pricelis Perreaux-Dominguez

When we choose to be a sanctuary, we are a people and a place that are safe for all people, like Jesus was and is.

What Doesn’t Kill You

Somehow, this poor guy had come to believe that the way to achieve success in life is always to push harder.

Jonathan Hoover

Reach your arms up to your heavenly father in the surrender of trust, knowing that he sees the barriers that have caused you so much stress and exhaustion.