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Why Leaders Lead With Prayer

Imagine attempting to lead without strength, without guidance, and without defense. Personally, I would consider it both terrifying and utterly futile.

Loving and Listening to Doubters

Over the past decade of setting tables where skeptics and churchgoers sit side by side, I’ve gathered a few hard-earned insights about the art of loving those who see the world differently.

5 Innovative Ministries Shaping the Future Church

The following ministry snapshots are just a few of the examples of innovative ministries that are working well. Whether you’re a pastor, church leader or an everyday disciple looking to reach your neighborhood, we hope their stories will inspire you to innovate in your own ways.

Do Guests Notice the Little Things?

I felt I needed more buy-in from them in helping to lead the church. They were a great group of people who were passionate about reaching the lost, but they had begun to neglect some of the little things to keep a church operating.

Only the Gospel Can Strike at the Root of Evil

Why the gospel is central to solving the problem of sex trafficking

Healthy Cross-Cultural Ministry Relationships

We Must Value Relationships Over Tools

3 Keys to Participating With God

As Christians, we do not have to wonder if God is with us. The question is just how aware we are of him, not whether or not he is there.

Leading Local: What Life Is Like Serving Smaller Congregations

“What we have in our hands is enough for what God has called us to do. And if God wants us to do more, then he will put more in our hands.”—Aaron Tinch

Reaching College Students

The Mission Field and Mission Force in Our Midst

21 Nuggets of Wisdom From Trial and (Lots of) Error

Preachers, Bible teachers, and those who work with youth and children will not know until they get to Glory how God has used them.

You Can Recognize Them By Their Fruit

If there is any lesson we can pull from church history, it is to draw a clearer line between the activity of God and the virtue (or lack thereof) of men and women.