Warren Bird

Warren Bird, an Outreach magazine contributing editor, is the vice president of research at ECFA, former research director for Leadership Network and author of more than 30 books for church leaders.

New Churches, Places, People, Ways

Lessons from a church plant movement in the U.K.

Building on a Strong Foundation

5 core values help fuel robust growth at this Kenyan church.

Ministry for Two

The church’s emphasis on youth is one of the many factors that spurs the couple to model co-pastoring. “Our co-leadership is intentional because we want to model for our young people that a mom and dad could equally work together in spiritual ministry,” How says.

Keeping Up With the Harvest

At every sermon, people are invited to receive Christ, regardless of the numbers present. Moses also says that changing his prayer life changed the ministry. God asked him to spend more time in prayer.

Bringing Jesus Wherever We Are

“We want people to feel welcome in an atmosphere where they can be real and bring their struggles,” Sibylle says.

Loving People Where They Are

Evangelical Free Church leaders also learned what it means to serve the community when it joined with other churches and Christian leaders to form the “Love Singapore” movement, which focused largely on praying together as one church.

A Snapshot of the Coming Kingdom

America is becoming increasingly more representative of this vision as it becomes more ethnically diverse. So, how is this multiracial reality shaping the planting of new churches?

Focus on One House

Coastal Church in Vancouver Puts Luke 10 Into Practice