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...

Shauna Pilgreen

Lay down your life—starting with your awkwardness, your discomfort—for your friends. That’s how you translate Jesus.

Growing Relationships Rather Than Numbers

When a church focuses on the person as a whole and not the transactional relationship often, they see Christ in the person and not the person inside the local church, which begins to tare the veil of developing relationships to become pew warmers.

Suffering

What we see on earth is not God’s will. In the last couple years, the impact of sin has been significantly experienced at a worldwide level.

Churchgoers and Deconstruction

Similarly, younger pastors, those 18-44, are the most likely to say they’re very familiar with deconstruction (36%), while pastors 65 and older are the least likely to possess that same level of familiarity (12%).

Coming Back From Decline

You must focus not on what is missing but instead on what matters: the person in front of you and the community that needs your church.

How to Develop Fervency and Compassion in Your Prayer Life

I needed divine help to motivate my prayer life. I discovered that we must first confess the following truth, as unflattering as it is: “Lord, I confess that in and of myself, I do not really care about anybody but myself.”

National Back to Church Sunday: Free Resources and More

Add your church to the map of participating churches and get free digital resources from Outreach Inc., the parent company of Outreach magazine.

Pastoring During Times of Loss

Often, when people face a significant loss, it shakes their faith. Why? Sometimes the individual experiences spiritual dissonance, a state that results when our beliefs about God are challenged by a painful reality.