Jessica Hanewinckel

Jessica Hanewinckel is an Outreach magazine contributing writer.

Small Church in Philadelphia Extends Familial Love to the Community

Cosmopolitan Mission Service Baptist Church seeks to build a church that lives and breathes sacrificial, Christlike love.

Kay Warren: Sacred Privilege, Crucial Partnership—Part 1

“The best thing pastors can do is to get off the pedestal so their family can get off it as well.”

Kay Warren: Sacred Privilege, Crucial Partnership—Part 2

"Pastors’ wives wish their husbands understood how painful it is when pastors treat the church as their mistress."

How Seniors at This Small Texas Church Reach Their Community

Ministry has produced more than 45,000 custom-made items for the hospitalized, dying, fostered and elderly.

Michigan Church Sets Out to Love an Entire ZIP Code

Unison Christian Church in Grand Rapids seeks to bring a divided community together and turn a neighborhood around.

Michelle Sanchez: The Road to Missional Discipleship—Part 1

“Discipleship isn’t robust unless it’s done in the context of mission, of evangelism—and that’s what Jesus did.”

Michelle Sanchez: The Road to Missional Discipleship—Part 2

“We’ve gotten distracted, but we need to focus more on our intentional process for making disciples who make disciples.”

Minnesota Church Grows From 12 to 260—Here’s How They Did It

Verndale Family Life Church grows exponentially by reaching inward and outward.