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Brandon O’Brien’s Top Books on Small Church Ministry

Rather than being a subcategory of American ministry, the small church is the norm. If you take a longer and broader view, most churches throughout history and in most parts of the world are and always have been small.

Megan Fate Marshman: Everyday Grace

While influence tends to want to go upwards and grow to the right, I am fighting to go down to the left, and it takes a lot of intentionality.

What Does It Mean That We’ll Still Be Finite in Heaven?

The promise of Heaven is not that we will become infinite—that would be to become inhuman. It’s that we’ll be far better finite humans than we have ever been.

Myron Pierce: Hope Multiplier

“We have to hone in on some of these disciplines that can be helpful to engage people, advance the kingdom and multiply churches.”

Celebrating Small but Significant Churches

When small churches are true to what they are and what they have been called to do, they too can make a big impact.

We Grow Up in Christ by Growing Down in Lowliness

Of his own ministry, in relation to that of the Lord Jesus, John the Baptist declared: “He must become greater; I must become less” (John 3:30).

Bryan Loritts: Building Bridges—Part 2

“Our sanctuaries reflect our dinner tables. So if you want a diverse sanctuary, then you have to have hundreds of diverse dinner tables.”

A Global Age of Uncertainty

This mood isn’t just reflected on the international front, but on the domestic front as well.

Hearing His Voice

With all the noise in our world, with all the information that bombards us, we can hear all those voices but miss the most important voice of all.

Bryan Loritts: Diversity Is Not a Fringe Issue—Part 1

“You have to construct a philosophy of ministry where you show people that diversity and reconciliation aren’t fringe issues, but that they’re tethered to the gospel.”

Why Are Americans Questioning the Character of Christians?

We pulled together data from some of the largest and most influential research organizations in the country like Gallup, Pew, Barna, and Lifeway, to track how we’re doing when it comes to living the life Christians need to live.