Resources

Brandon O’Brien’s Top Books on Small Church Ministry

Rather than being a subcategory of American ministry, the small church is the norm. If you take a longer and broader view, most churches throughout history and in most parts of the world are and always have been small.

Nirup Alphonse: It Starts With Hospitality

The point of hospitality is not to entertain; it is to tell a better story and invite people into the story of God. That's what people need. That's what they're longing for. They want to be a part of that story. And that story is transforming. That story is eternal. That story is enduring. That story is faithful.

Gene Appel: Do Less Ministry; Reach More People

None of the programs at our church were bad in and of themselves. The volume of it just prevented us from being focused on building relationships with those who are far from God. So, we had to do less ministry to reach more people. It sounds funny, but people had to be trained in how to do life with nonbelievers or people spiritually disinterested.

12 Questions Christians Should Ask About Social Justice

'Confronting Injustice Without Compromising Truth' (Zondervan Academic) by Thaddeus J. Williams

Seeing What Is Not There

Excerpted from 'Confronting Injustice Without Compromising Truth' (Zondervan Academic) by Thaddeus Williams

John Edmund Haggai Online Memorial Service Scheduled for Dec. 9th

Services will be offered at 8:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. ET to accommodate multiple time zones across the organization’s international community.

4 Ways Church Leaders Can Support Ministry to Women

How to foster and support a thriving women's ministry

Even if We Can’t Sing, the Story Is Not Silenced

I worship truly worship without singing?

Power Comes From Our Hearts

Excerpted from 'Redeeming Power' (Baker Publishing)

Prepare for 2021 by Finishing 2020 Strong

Resetting our thinking about 2020

Rashawn Copeland: Start Where You Are

How God Meets You in Your Mess, Loves You Through It, and Leads You Out of It (Baker Books)