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Perfectly Imperfect Churches

Most of the great breakthroughs and innovative ideas are a result of problems being viewed not as a problem to solve, but an opportunity to make things better.

Nigerian Church Promotes a Deeper Christian Life

A. Larry Ross, who traveled the world for nearly 34 years as personal media spokesman for evangelist Billy Graham, says the new epicenter for evangelism is the Global South and Nigerian evangelist William Kumuyi as the pastor of “the largest church of which most American Christians have never heard.”

Are We in the Midst of a Gen Z Awakening?

It’s not polished or loud, but if you listen closely, from university chapels in the U.S. to underground house churches in the Middle East, you’ll hear it: a hunger for truth, a yearning for something real.

Next-Level Church Planting

Every generation shapes the church for the generation to come, but today we may be at a particularly malleable hinge point.

Fear and the Great Commission

There's a better motivation for mission than fear.

4 Affirming Truths for Pastors — Especially on a Monday

While there isn’t always much pastors can do to circumvent the emotional and spiritual ascents and descents that seem to accompany their weekly rhythms, there are things they can do to ensure that they remain healthy for the long haul in the midst of it.

What Disappearing Churches Do Wrong

The bad choices that can lead to a church's demise

How Can We Remain Humble While Pursuing Humility?

What we need is to be so gripped by Jesus and His grace that we truly forget about ourselves. Why would we want to think about ourselves, the lesser, when we can think about Him, the infinitely greater?

What Has Cost Evangelicals Their Standing in Public Opinion?

Many of our “beliefs” are not aspects of Christian doctrine at all, but rather ideologies we have made into theologies.

Go and Be

Pastor Gary Moritz and his wife Jana say they fell into church revitalization by default.  City United Church in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, thrived in its heyday...

Remember — Jesus Is Alive!

No matter what happens in this life, no matter what job we lose, no matter what relationship ends, no matter how many people turn their back on us, we are not forgotten. Jesus has taken up our case.