James P. Long

James P. Long was formerly the editor of Outreach magazine and the author of a number of books, including Why Is God Silent When We Need Him the Most?

May/June 2011: The Culture and the Church

Flash Points in the Culture War

The Strategic Future of the Bivocational Pastor

Leaders discuss the rewards and challenges of being bivocational and the role that status will play in future church growth.

Love Is an Orientation

Andrew Marin: Elevating the Conversation With the Gay Community

The Church of Facebook

Jesse Rice: How the Hyperconnected Are Redefining Community

Halos and Avatars

Craig Detweiler: Playing Video Games With God

Christians Are Hate-Filled Hypocrites … and Other Lies You’ve Been Told

Bradley R.E. Wright: A Sociologist Shatters Myths From the Secular and Christian Media

Kerry Shook: Woodlands Church, The Woodlands, Texas

Kerry Shook discusses the successes and disappointments he's experienced in ministry and more in this 2010 interview.