Jessica Hanewinckel

Jessica Hanewinckel is an Outreach magazine contributing writer.

Ruth Haley Barton: Saved by Rest

God, who knows us best, has given us the Sabbath as a gift.

Take Hold of the Vision

We’re trying to think outside the walls. How can we engage missionally? How can we bring church to where people are, and not be thinking constantly about how we’re going to get them here?

Small But Mighty

After seeing the toll the pandemic had taken on medical workers, he wished his own church could replicate the outreach, but they didn’t have the resources to take it on alone.

Claude R. Alexander Jr.: Obligation, Calling and Purpose

If I understand faith as something I get, then it’s a matter of how I use it. But if I understand that God has me, then the matter becomes how God chooses to use me, not how I choose to use God.

Love the Stranger

Once cleared by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the adult migrants the ministry serves arrive at a nearby bus station where they can catch a ride to their destination city. It is there that Navarro and his church greet the weary travelers.

An Outside-the-Box Church

A Young Church Takes Root in Town’s Historic Former General Store

Sharon Hodde Miller: Letting Go of Control

"Whenever you reach for control to fix something, it only breaks it more. It’s a deal that will always betray us."

Chris Sonksen: Healthy Team, Healthy Church

Learning to spot the signs of relational disunity and drift