Resources

Are We in the Midst of a Gen Z Awakening?

It’s not polished or loud, but if you listen closely, from university chapels in the U.S. to underground house churches in the Middle East, you’ll hear it: a hunger for truth, a yearning for something real.

David Washington’s Top Books on Youth Ministry

Adolescence and teen years are a small window of time that will fundamentally shape who young people will become as adults. The church cannot afford to miss the opportunity to guide those under our care.

Tiffany Stein’s Top 5 Books on Grief

Tiffany Stein is an ordained minister who also serves as a fourth-grade teacher. She previously served as a women’s pastor and marriage and care...

Welcome Home

This easy online system shows the neighborhoods around your church, how many new people move in on average each month, and then walks you through selecting an invitation to reach them for a price you can afford. 

Church of DREAMs

Since Oak Ridge couldn’t build out from its existing property, church leaders looked elsewhere.

How Families Serve

It’s a great paradox—the way up is down. True greatness is expressed in serving, not in dominating.

Plug Into God’s Power

A church that prays is a church that changes its focus from self to the Savior and redeems the time for God's will in the church's life.

This Isn’t How They Told Us It Would Be

If you are no longer sure if you can believe in God, or if you’re beginning to doubt Christianity, we don’t assume you’ve lost your mind.

Joshua D. Chatraw and Jack Carson

In what follows you will find ways of thinking differently, practices to engage in, and better questions to attend to.

Fear Prevalent in Pews, According to Protestant Pastors

Those leading the smallest churches, with fewer than 50 in attendance at weekend worship services, are among the most likely to say their congregations have a growing fear about the future of the country and world (72%).

Practice the Language

Every person we translate Jesus to has two options: to follow Him or stay where they are. We do our part in prayer and partnership with Jesus.