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.

A.J. Swoboda

The goal isn’t escaping earth to go to heaven. The goal is heaven coming here.

Outreach Resources of the Year: Apologetics

Chatraw and Allen break new ground in apologetics by looking back in "The Augustine Way." Both authors apply recent work on theological retrieval to the field of apologetics, using Augustine’s writings amid societal upheaval to shed light on our own culture.

Keep It Weird

I like routine, and I like many “normal” things. I am a creature of habit. So, I am not going to talk about how churches need to be spontaneous and constantly “shake things up.”

Nijay Gupta

Jesus and the early Christians taught something different: each person is made in the image of God, God does not pay attention to status, he has no ‘favorites,’ all will face judgment, and all have equal access to divine grace and mercy.

Preteens on Track to Abandon Biblical Christianity in Record Numbers

Children are intellectual and spiritual sponges in their preteen years. They are desperately trying to make sense of the world, their identity, their purpose and how to live a meaningful and satisfying life.

How Did I Get Here?

These girls, these babies who had had just given birth, were nursing infants without their own mothers to teach or protect them. One thing was clear: no child chooses this, to be a mother at age eleven or thirteen.

Bri Stensrud

We feed the poor, but do we know them?

The 2024 State of Church Giving Report Now Available

Despite an overall increase in giving, the report showed that 55% of churches reported a decrease in giving due to inflation.