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.

When Opposites Attack

"Ruptures happen when the sense of connection in a relationship is broken—like when an electrical pathway is short-circuited."

I’d Like You More If You Were More Like Me

John Ortberg: Getting Real about Getting Close

10 Enduring Practices of Apex Leaders

"There are things great leaders have always done and will always do."

The Top 10 Reasons Church Visitors Don’t Return

"Churches perceive they are a friendly church because the members are friendly to one another. But they don’t think about walking in the shoes of first-time guests."

Becoming a Welcoming Church

Thom Rainer: "This book is for those—whether church leaders, pastors, or members—who are willing ‘to look in the mirror.’"

7 Questions to Ask Before Hiring an Architect

Be relentless about asking and answering these seven questions as you take the first steps of your building project.

Celebrating the Year’s Best Outreach Resources

The year's best resources from evangelism to church, culture to apologetics, leadership to children and youth—2018.

Into the Night: The Mystic Way of Evangelism

Elaine A. Heath: On the margins of society, the church will once again find its God-given voice to speak to the dominant culture in subversive ways, resisting the powers and principalities, standing against the seduction of the status quo.