Leadership

Thom Rainer offers four solutions for connecting--and keeping--people engaged with the mission and vision of your church.

How should you treat practicing homosexuals who show up for your worship gathering?

Brad Powell: "When leaders do their job, God’s people begin to excel. His glory spills out everywhere."

Your church can’t be anything you want it to be, but it can be everything God wants it to be.

Thom Rainer: "In God's power, however, we can reverse this trend and reach the unchurched in America."

The sad reality is that most mergers fail because they are motivated more by self-interest or self-preservation than by a bigger, bolder, divine mission.

Thom Rainer gives seven indispensable characteristics of churches that move from decline to growth.

LifeWay Research President Ed Stetzer says the church often is confused about how to view "the world."

Is the church you’re leading emotionally healthy? How do you tell if it is or isn’t?

Brad Powell: “Leading a church to become a healthy and growing spiritual community isn’t easy. But it is worth it.”