Ed Stetzer

Ed Stetzer is the editor-in-chief of Outreach magazine, host of the Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast, and a professor and dean at the Talbot School of Theology at Biola University. He has planted, revitalized, and pastored churches, trained pastors and church planters on six continents, and has written hundreds of articles and a dozen books. He currently serves as teaching pastor at Mariners Church in Irvine, California.

He is also regional director for Lausanne North America, and is frequently cited in, interviewed by and writes for news outlets such as USA Today and CNN. He is the founding editor of The Gospel Project, and his national radio show, Ed Stetzer Live, airs Saturdays on Moody Radio and affiliates.

 

Are You Making These 5 Discipleship Mistakes?

People are looking for meaningful, shared-life relationships, not just a discipleship class.

Look Before You Innovate: The Secret of Change

If innovation is not constrained by biblical essentials and confessional convictions, we can innovate away what "church" really is.

Am I My City’s Keeper?

“The world is confused when they see a church that claims to follow Jesus but is not actually doing much of what Jesus did.”

Stop Talking Yourself Out of Evangelism

"'Preach the gospel; when necessary, use words'; is a lot like saying, 'Feed the hungry; when necessary, use food.'"

Networking for Comeback: 3 Steps Toward Restoration

Ed Stetzer: “To see a better future, we often need to broaden our ministry horizon.”

3 Reasons People Are Not Involved in Your Church

Ed Stetzer: “Not everyone is inactive for the same reasons. Once we know why, we can go about helping them move into service.”

Want More Visitors? It Has to Get Personal

The best method and timing for outreach ... and the one essential ingredient.

Have Churches Forgotten How to Reproduce?

Ed Stetzer: Everyone is talking reproduction, but not enough churches are having babies.