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.

Recognize and Overcome One of the Enemy’s Greatest Weapons: Shame

For many of us, the voice of our inner critic is deafening, and quickly demeans our value or worth because of the pain we carry around from our past because of what we’ve done or what has been done to us.

3 Effective Ways to Integrate AI Into Your Church

One useful analogy is to think of AI as an intern: eager to assist, capable of handling a variety of tasks, but still requiring oversight and final judgment from a human mentor.

The Big Ask

If your church has a financial need, and there are members able to meet that need, just ask.

Defending the Gospel Truth

Many of today’s apologists work hard to present a fair sampling of alternative views rather than offer verses that try to force a person into their own doctrinal molds.

Do We Live Out Our Beliefs?

Most people’s actual lives and beliefs are not in sync, and that goes for the Christian world.

U.S. Churches Unite to Promote Racial and Ethnic Reconciliation

National Unity Weekend believes that the change must first come from unity within the body of Christ and these heartbreaking developments in our nation will not cease without spiritual intervention.

3 Steps to Reach Your Community

Church members must challenge each other to see Christ in the hard and out-of-the-way places in the community and go there to be a blessing to the community.

Your Church Needs Bigger Shoes

The story of Faith Community Church and its SMLLC, Faith Outreach Ventures, showcases the advantages of strategic legal structuring in broadening the influence and efficacy of the church’s mission.