Resources

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.

Dave Ferguson: Multiplying Leaders

Every leader needs to have an apprentice. Even the lead pastor, as you're thinking about what's next, you need to have an apprentice so you can put that person in that role and you can commission them to go.

Free Virtual Church Mental Health Summit

By attending the Church Mental Health Summit, participants will be equipped with practical tools, engage with biblically based resources, and learn research-developed strategies to support mental health. 

Doing Apologetics Well

Telling people stories about how God has come through for you or for people you know can speak powerfully to them.

What Does It Mean to Love Your Neighbor?

One of the most disorienting things for many Christians in the West today is finding that they’re on the moral low ground in the eyes of their non-Christian friends and neighbors.

Security and Your Church

Compared to three years ago, pastors say they’re more likely to be relying on armed churchgoers and less likely to have a no firearms policy for their building.

Repurposing Your Space

The one thing a faltering church typically has is space: empty classrooms, parking lots, education buildings, or offices. How can your local church leverage that area to help the community?

Arriving Home

How do we get so caught up in believing this journey is all about us? The pressure’s off, friend; all the glory belongs to Christ.

More Than You Were Meant to Carry

The antidote to pride is still humility, but a kind of humility that’s different from what we’re used to. We typically think of humility as thinking lowly of oneself, and we don’t struggle to think lowly of ourselves.

Change Your Church’s Scorecard

The way the world measures effectiveness must not become the way the church does. The scorecard that the church has used for decades has become broken.