Features

Take a Tech Break

Try consciously counting how many times you reach for [your phone] even in a single hour.

When ‘Equipping’ Isn’t Enough

If our churches’ equipping efforts stop at ‘learn, repeat,’ essentially, we are training parrots.

Kyle Strobel: Power in Weakness

“Christians should become powerful Christians. But it’s only ever a power made perfect in our weakness, and it’s only ever a power that comes from God.”

A Light in the Dark: How a Family’s Faithful Presence Is Transforming North Omaha

"When every Christian leverages what God has given in their time, their talent, their treasures and prayer, we think the greatest challenges of our city can be changed." -Josh Dotzler

How to Work With a Mentor

We need to be good at something before we ask someone to help us be great at something.

Meet Gen Alpha

While peers have some influence over their friends, Gen Alpha actually goes to family members most often for information or guidance about right and wrong.

Value in Vocation: Help Your Church See That Their Work Matters to God

For many Christians, work can feel like a necessary evil—something they have to do to pay the bills while their true spiritual lives happen...

Lost Connection: To Reach Teens We Have to Meet Them Where They Are

A pastor I know was struggling with the fact that his church, like many others today, was getting older and smaller. There were more...

A Global Renewal of Spiritual Interest

I would call it a moment. I do believe that signs are pointing to a renewal of spiritual interest and openness, including interest and openness to the Christian faith.

Ed Stetzer: Discipleship Reimagined

The church is not a fortress to protect believers from the world. It is an outpost to send disciple makers into the world.

Trace Church: Waving the White Towel

Since Trace Church started using these white towels, baptism numbers have skyrocketed.