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.

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.

This Innovation Will Change How You Do Ministry

A simple way to boost your ministry productivity: silence your phone

Tools for Outreach: Architecture and Building

These groups will provide what you need to most effectively tell your story and communicate the gospel in your context.

There Is More

Brian Houston: When the World Says You Can't, God Says You Can