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.

Reconciling Atonement Theories

We all have limited perspectives. We live in particular cultures and historical periods. No one studies the Bible in a vacuum. Our cultural, historical, and personal contexts influence how we interpret the Bible. In this sense, all theology is contextualized.

About Your New Website

We added a number of automated functionalities that allow us to do such things as schedule pages, events, informational pop-ups with a direct “call to action” (CTA) and more, to go live/hide automatically. Our administrative team now genuflects in our tech team’s direction.

What Is Digital Ministry, Really?

Digital ministry uses digital platforms to reach, connect, serve and empower others with the Good news of Jesus and his people. It is not merely a broadcast of your services. It is the infusion and administering of community, devotion, and mission.

The Intersection of Worship and Mission

The liturgy binds us together on the journey of faith. The words, prayers and reading of Scripture leave an imprint on our souls; these practices shape us into people of God, forming us for his mission.

3 Ways to Help the Church Navigate Change

As a church leader, you want to see God's will done in the local church. Change, however, takes work. Any amount of change causes...

Develop a Mindset of Service

The missional leader understands it takes all (children, youth, and adults) to develop a mission mindset. Transformation does not happen overnight but will occur once everyone across all demographics strives to live out their daily missional tasks.

Poetry and Politics

Ruth sometimes theorized in her poetry, but it was theory based on observations, and rarely if ever about being a woman in a man's world. She thought of herself as a broken sinner in God's world. She simply did not think about "oppression" in gendered terms.

Historic Vancouver Island Church Gets a Face-Lift

Selecting a new name that felt current and relevant, both to the modern era and the mission the church embodies, was essential. While the phrase “glad tidings” was once widely known, it has since fallen out of use outside most modern religious communities and organizations.