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.

Entrusting Kids With Responsibility

Working in teams, 75 fifth and sixth grade students descended on the church parking lot. It felt like pure chaos, but they did it. The emotional response from the kids was beyond what I ever thought possible. They were hooked.

Renewing the Small Church With the Kintsugi Model

The church has an excellent opportunity to review the community's needs and begin to capture one element that it could do to help the community become healthier.

4 Ways to Develop Humility in Leadership

Given humility’s focus on the other person, it may be surprising to have a practice that zeros in on us. Taking personal responsibility is work that cannot be delegated to others—it is ours alone to bear.

Uli Chi

If the fear of the Lord leads to wisdom, what might that wisdom look like?

Outreach Resources of the Year: Youth

Sanchez does an amazing job of helping students understand the importance of discipleship in relation to conversations on race.

For the Weak Ones

Which does Jesus intend—a blessing for the materially poor or the spiritually poor?

Micha Boyett

We are invited not to rejoice in our grief and loss in this life but to transform our thinking around what it means to have a full, thriving life in the midst of our suffering.

Video Clips Made Easy

Even if you only have minimal computer skills or don’t have someone on staff to handle your church’s social media, creating powerful short videos from resources you have available can be done very simply.