Dave Ferguson: Multiplying Leaders
Every leader needs to have an apprentice. Even the lead pastor, as you're thinking about what's next, you need to have an apprentice so you can put that person in that role and you can commission them to go.
Author: Jonathan Sprowl
Nicole Martin: A Different Kind of Leadership
When I go to a great restaurant and it’s really good, no one ever has to tell me, “Could you let other people know?” I cannot wait to tell other people, first of all, that I've been, and second of all, how good the food is. I think we have lived our Christian lives on the periphery of God's grace and goodness and favor for so long that we don't know how good the food is for ourselves.
Tanita Maddox: Showing Up for Gen Z
There are just so many things that are compelling about the triune God and the way that triune God has enacted redemption for us and continues to sanctify us after we follow him. We just have to pull the contextualization out for our young people so they can see it on their terms.
Megan Fate Marshman: Everyday Grace
While influence tends to want to go upwards and grow to the right, I am fighting to go down to the left, and it takes a lot of intentionality.
Nirup Alphonse: It Starts With Hospitality
The point of hospitality is not to entertain; it is to tell a better story and invite people into the story of God. That's what people need. That's what they're longing for. They want to be a part of that story. And that story is transforming. That story is eternal. That story is enduring. That story is faithful.
Gene Appel: Do Less Ministry; Reach More People
None of the programs at our church were bad in and of themselves. The volume of it just prevented us from being focused on building relationships with those who are far from God. So, we had to do less ministry to reach more people. It sounds funny, but people had to be trained in how to do life with nonbelievers or people spiritually disinterested.
David Kinnaman: And Now for Some Good News
The inevitability, the inexorable decline of Christianity, is not a done deal. It’s not as though there’s been a complete turnaround and everyone’s a Christian, but there’s a real moment of spiritual openness that is translating now into this resurgence of interest in Jesus. It’s a big deal.
Mike Sharrow: Get Business Leaders in the Game
The church is one giant sleeper cell that periodically worships and reviews playbooks on Sundays. How do we begin to activate them Monday through Friday to live and work that out?
A Light in the Dark: How a Family’s Faithful Presence Is Transforming North Omaha
"When every Christian leverages what God has given in their time, their talent, their treasures and prayer, we think the greatest challenges of our city can be changed." -Josh Dotzler
Hosanna Wong: The Witness of Withness
In this interview, discover The Witness of Withness—the idea that true impact comes from being with others and walking with God.