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.

Facebook Contest: Outreach Resources of the Year

Each year, Outreach magazine asks a team of expert panelists to select their top Christian resources from a series of topics, from apologetics to counseling,...

The Impact of Welcoming the Stranger

"They said I was the first American who had talked to them in six months. What message does that give to them about Christianity?"

Russell Moore: Two Contradictory Gospels

"A Christianity that doesn't prophetically speak for human dignity is a Christianity that has lost anything distinctive to say."

J.D. Greear: Helping Your People Glimpse the Vision

"The slightest glimpse of what 'can be' creates more willingness to change than any sermons we can preach."

Chuck Colson: Taking the Gospel to the Captives

"It was during the period in which he lost his own dignity that his desire to promote the dignity of others roared to life."

5 Church Staffing Trends

William Vanderbloemen: "Look for leaders of leaders who naturally invest in others and create a culture of excellence."

13th Annual Outreach Resources of the Year

The best resources from apologetics to social justice, culture to relationships, leadership to children and youth—2015

Apologetics: 13th Annual Outreach Resources of the Year

Frank Turek: Why Atheists Need God to Make Their Case