Leadership

Clean Your Bookshelves and Your Soul

Don’t let the comfort of familiar pain prevent you from embracing the unknown discomfort of positive change.

15 New Year’s Resolutions Straight Out of Scripture

What would a set of New Year’s resolutions look like for you and your church, your role as a leader, or simply as someone who wants to live a life of strategic kingdom investment? And specifically, what if they came from the Bible?

Perfectly Imperfect Churches

Most of the great breakthroughs and innovative ideas are a result of problems being viewed not as a problem to solve, but an opportunity to make things better.

Avoiding the Biggest Mistake Church Leaders Will Make in 2021

Five things that you’ll miss if you step back into the past when you step back into your building.

The Story Behind the Story

A tribute to longtime Outreach magazine editor Jim Long who passed away on Friday, April 30, 2021

How to Get Your Vision Back

Identifying what's been killing your vision and how to recover it

13 Things We Learned During COVID

Leadership lessons to carry into the next season

How to Reach the People Who Have Stopped Attending

5 approaches churches are using to bring people back

How the Past Year Will Alter Onsite Gatherings in the Future

How physical gatherings will be forever changed

What to Do When You’ve Lost Your Confidence as a Leader

You're not alone. Twenty-nine percent of pastors have given serious consideration to quitting full-time ministry in the last year.

Leading When Your Vision and Direction Are Unclear

Boosting your church's health while you seek the Lord's direction