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David Kinnaman: Start the Conversation

Church leaders must recognize that what feels hidden is actually hurting people, and that discipleship includes helping people break free from destructive patterns.

Avoid These 10 Awful Messages to Visitors

There’s no joy in sharing these stories, but there’s clarity. These experiences shine a spotlight on what must change if we truly want to be welcoming communities of grace.

The Future of Church Outreach: 3 Key Trends We Must Engage

EDITORIAL Leading Mission | Andy Cook Standing on the steps of the Wheaton College Billy Graham Hall in 1980, Graham asked his audience a pivotal question: How...

The History of Evangelical Innovation

Innovation has always been part of the church’s story of mission.

Can You Spot These 4 Kinds of Critics?

You can’t always know which of these types you’re dealing with, but it does help me think through my approach to anonymous criticism when I can discern their motivation.

Ashley Wooldridge: Radical Generosity

When you get radically generous, it invites the blessing of God in a supernatural way.

7 Reasons I’m Fasting More Frequently Now

Why it's a more regular discipline in my life than ever before

A Spiritual Awakening Outside the Church Walls

We need the things of the Spirit to engage in culture and if we're called into politics, or into business or into education systems, be salt and light to the world.

What Is Driving the Great Dechurching?

The church must be the church. And this is what it has to offer the world that the world does not already have: authentic biblical community.

The Case for Church Membership

You are but one part of a greater whole, but your part is vital for the overall health of a church. Read again 1 Corinthians 12. Look specifically at verse 27: “Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it” (ESV).

Why Healthy Teams Don’t Immediately Kill ‘Bad’ Ideas

The value of letting ideas breathe