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 Value of Long-Suffering

It’s hard. It’s hard to see the value of children's ministry when others don’t.

Paco Amador: A Church With a Heart for Immigrants

"In our community, we’re all immigrants from different generations. We need to continue to talk about how the goodness of God has placed us in a position where we can actually be God's instrument to bless others."

God Calls Work Good

Our work might also be a means of worship—if we pursue quality, beauty, truth, and integrity in what we make, write, and build.

Amy Orr-Ewing

Let’s not live our lives functioning as Christian atheists who have a framework of cultural belief with no room or need for God to show up as God.

The Momentus Maintenance Challenge

Ministry is about strategic micro-steps moving forward inches at a time to accomplish a long-term goal.

The Larger Story

In the swirl of the hustle around me, all I could think about was just how God was going to turn this around for good. "I hear it, God. I just don’t know if I can see it yet."

Davey Blackburn

At every turn of the page you’ll find that pain and suffering is an inseparable and inescapable part of this life. And yet you’ll also find He’s right there inviting you into a redemption story.

Overcoming Isolation During Church Revitalization

Church revitalization is pressured packed and if a leader does not develop tools of renewal, they too will fall to the isolation that comes with leading.