Features

The School Choice Debate

Greg Stier - January 19, 2026

Just because you send your kids to a Christian school does not guarantee they will serve Jesus, and just because you send your kids to a public school does not guarantee they will rebel against him.

Dave Ferguson: Unity of the Spirit

Dave Ferguson - January 19, 2026

Disunity is the greatest threat to the mission of Jesus in our generation.

Clean Your Bookshelves and Your Soul

Dan Reiland - January 15, 2026

Don’t let the comfort of familiar pain prevent you from embracing the unknown discomfort of positive change.

Features

Why You Might Want to Reconsider Your Short-Term Trips

Darren Carlson - December 26, 2022

Make sure your short-term trips are helping, not hurting, the communities and missionaries they are sent to serve.

Features

8 Cues Why People Won’t Return After Christmas

Greg Atkinson - December 26, 2022

Whether I’m working with a church plant of 40 people or a mega-church of over 35,000, some things are universal and should be present regardless of church size.

Features

I’ve watched people in organizations – in government, business, nonprofits, and, sadly, far too often in the church — some leaders (people) simply stay too long. Leader, leave before you have to leave.

Features

Isolation: The Loss of Social Capital

James Emery White - December 23, 2022

Regardless of how people themselves may feel about their housing situation, the research has been deemed unequivocal: people aging alone experience worse physical and mental health outcomes and shorter life spans.

Features

10 Danger Zones for Pastors

Joe McKeever - December 23, 2022

It’s the young minister who is more likely to try to brave it out alone. It’s the young pastor who is more prone to end up a victim instead of a victor.

Features

What if This Christmas Isn’t Merry and Bright?

Evie Polsley - December 22, 2022

The story of Christmas is perfect for shedding light on the hope we can find in our darkness. Jesus came into a world filled with pain, a world where people searched for hope and longed for the Messiah to come but were constantly disappointed.

Features

Wrestling With Greatness

Stephen Chandler - December 22, 2022

We are prone to seek greatness for our own sake rather than to glorify God in it. If we try to pretend like all of our motives are pure, then we’ll never be able to address the inconsistencies in us.

Features

Don’t Forget These 10 People at Christmas

Chuck Lawless - December 21, 2022

Those who have wayward children who likely won’t be home for Christmas. Those parents grieve, too, sometimes in unique ways. They cling to hope that this might be the Christmas for return and reunion, then weep when it doesn’t happen.

1...217218219...723 Page 218 of 723

About us

Sharing stories of outreach, helping Christian leadership discover the ideas, innovations and resources that will equip them to advance the kingdom of God through the outreach efforts of the local church.

Contact us: tellus@outreachmagazine.com

Features

About us

Company

The latest

Newsletter