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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...

Pray as You Lead

Prayer assumes that we live in dependence on God, and I fear many of us are less dependent than we might admit.

I’m a New Member. Now, What?

Church membership is an essential part of following Christ. Enjoy the fellowship of believers at your church.

Walking Through Suffering Together

Identifying With Jesus in Adversity

What Does It Look Like to Lead Spiritually?

We can ask and receive wise counsel from trusted advisors — and we should — but nothing replaces the voice and value of the Holy Spirit.

How Does Your Church Honor Women?

With evangelical churches often consisting of more than half of its members and volunteers being women, we see the fruit and faithfulness each and every week, and yet when it comes to the conversation about women in the Church it often gets hijacked with arguments around roles, office, and title, and in so doing we miss a bigger conversation around celebrating, equipping, and affirming the roles of women in our churches.

New Churches, Places, People, Ways

Lessons from a church plant movement in the U.K.

If There Is No God, Why Is There So Much Good in the World?

Without God, the world would be amoral, with no objective goodness or evil.

You Can’t Lead All By Yourself

Foundationally, discipleship is a community endeavor. You cannot disciple yourself. Literally, it takes two people! We are meant to come alongside others, and we are meant to accept help and let others lead us.