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How to Overcome Betrayal Trauma in Ministry

With their friends’ departures, pastors have had to recalibrate the very real cost of spiritual intimacy in doing life together.

Ryan Kwon: Nothing to Prove

“We’re so accustomed to the church being a noun. I want our bias to be action-oriented, and a movement that goes outward.”

The Rise of the Entrepreneurial Church: How Churches Can Fund Ministry Beyond Tithes

Entrepreneurial church models allow churches to step outside the walls of Sunday services and meet people where they live, work and gather. They open doors to relationships that lead to discipleship. They create spaces for people who might never set foot in a sanctuary to encounter the love of Christ.

What Does Evangelism Look Like in the Church?

It’s easy for us as church leaders (with good intention and a heart to serve) to get so wrapped up in the design and execution of helpful programs that we lose sight of the big picture.

Jimmy Dodd: A Detour to Marah

It is not wrong to be at Marah. Trips into Marah are a part of life. It is wrong to stay at Marah.

Are You Making Your Leadership Role Even Harder?

Trust always involves risk, and we must risk to successfully take new territory.

Prayers of All Shapes and Sizes

He is the God who moves the hearts of kings and causes the seasons to change, and he is the Father who provides our daily bread, whatever form that takes.

Church Shift

Martin Luther encouraged his fellow monks to break out of the monasteries and walk among those in the world.

Jesus’ Scandalous Grace

The shocking, amazing truth that God loves sinners

How to Level Up Evangelistic Growth in Your Church

Thriving churches see planting as a natural extension of their participation in God’s mission, investing resources and prayer into starting new congregations.

Kindling the Inner Fire

Do you resonate with the intense longing for a future you can see but have not yet had materialize?