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.

How a Group’s Culture Affects Your Leadership

Excerpted from 'Big Results Leadership' (B&H Books)

Is Your Online Church IRS Compliant?

Like your physical church, what your ministry does online is held accountable to the IRS.

The Value of a Small Church

Landon DeCrastos: In an age when so many pastors spend much of their time looking for the next new thing, it seemed foreign to encounter a ministry that didn’t try to fix something that wasn’t broken simply to put more rumps in the seats. There was something intensely spiritual about the experience.

The Model Minority Myth and the Church

Terence Lester: The church must seek out opportunities to speak out against dismissive and dehumanizing ways of categorizing people and cultures. The church professes a Savior with brown skin who was marginalized, labeled, categorized and questioned.

4 Easy Ways to Create Joyful Engagement

Jim Wilder and Marcus Warner: There are at least four practical ways leaders can create joyful engagement in the people they lead. We know we have succeeded in this task when we hear people say things like, “I sure like this team and what we do.” To build this kind of engagement we need to practice the four Ps.

Pastorpedia: Weak Spots for Pastors

The weaknesses pastors can easily slide into if they're not careful

When You Need to Revitalize Your Church Revitalization Efforts

4 warning signs you may need to revive your efforts

Care for Your Soul: Prayer and Fasting

Excerpted from 'What Great Ministry Leaders Get Right' (Moody Publishers)