Discipleship

How Can We Prepare to Trust God Through Trials We Don’t Understand?

None of us knows what 2026 will bring, but no doubt it will have its difficult moments as well as its wonderful ones. How can we wisely prepare our hearts and minds to trust God through trials when they come?

Pastors Are Shepherds, Not Superheroes

Maybe it’s time we change the narrative. Expect your pastor to be a shepherd, not a superhero. Don’t demand their presence at every event or their attention at every moment.

Understanding the Longings and Language of Gen Z

It is our responsibility as leaders to reintroduce a generation to the true essence of Jesus and his original vision for the church.

10 Tips to Keep Your Ministry from Bottoming Out

Margaret Feinberg: "Sometimes dips in our own ministry are a result of pouring out into a meaningful relationship."

Future Faces of the Church

“You can’t lead your church to embrace a culture of diversity if you don’t develop that culture in your own life.”

Dan Kimball on Heaven, Hell and Evangelism

Will the recent theology discussions about the afterlife de-emphasize evangelism even further?

Have Churches Forgotten How to Reproduce?

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

God Talk: The 9 Arts of Spiritual Conversations

"Building a bridge with those outside the church and getting good at spiritual conversations takes practice."

Bobby Gruenewald: The Phases of My Faith

The pastor/innovation leader at LifeChurch.tv discusses his personal journey to becoming who God wants him to be.

A Better Way to Make Disciples

Jim Putman, the senior pastor of Real Life Ministries, discusses what it takes to plant a church that develops leaders from day one.

Is Your Church a Monument or Mission Station?

Have we, in our enthusiasm to get home to heaven, forgotten the fundamental reason for the church’s existence in the community?