Resources

Collin Outerbridge: Building a Multicultural, Multigenerational Church

There's something about a unifying vision that is greater than our preferences, that is focused on serving our community, that I think has led to a strong sense of connectivity that's allowed our church to grow and to impact people right here where we live.

Back to School: Why Theological Education Matters to the Church

Evangelism is the church’s speech to the outside world, but worship is where it learns its grammar.

Learn to Linger in Grief

Imagine a church where grief isn’t ignored, but it also isn’t hopeless. Where lament isn’t a sign of weak faith, but an act of worship.

Knowing

Nearly every scientific discovery made in the past few centuries sought to know by stripping away the shroud of mystery so that we might make use of newfound knowledge.

Timothy R. Gaines

This book will serve as an invitation to the adventurous joys of the theological life by first developing the virtues necessary for the work of theology.

3 Benefits of Your Church Having an App

All you need to know is that a church app may just be the game-changing tool you never knew you needed.

Worship as a Sanctuary

To speak clearly in an age of anxiety, the church must resist both manipulating people’s anxiety and the temptation to ignore it. Instead, we must offer what I’m calling “a framework for healing worship.”

J. Michael Jordan

A healing approach [to worship] can help to form worshipers who understand the world as it is, accept and embrace that world, and engage with it in a way that honors God.

What the Children in Your Church Need to Know About Marriage

It is good for young children to know what marriage is and why the Christian understanding of marriage has the particular shape it does.

From Negative to Positive

Choose your language wisely. Don’t oversell the sacrifice. Overshare the opportunity that they have in the kingdom of God.

Evangelical Identity

“The results of this study are a warning,” commented Ron Sellers, President of Grey Matter Research. “They are a warning to be careful when you see the word evangelical."