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How to Leverage Existing Ministries for Outreach

“You could launch new outreach ministries without removing any existing ministries, increasing your budget or adding staff.”

One Church’s Story of Transformation

We waited as each church went through the 30-day jumpstart. Then we heard the stories.

Charlie Dates: The Indestructible Power of the Gospel

Jesus lived 33 years, walking on water as it recognized its creator King and became a solid. He turned water into wine. He welcomed sinners and the marginalized into his company. And then, he died—that is, until death died. Until sin apologized. Until the earth rocked and reeled like a drunken man. Until the sun could no longer stand seeing its own creator crucified to a tree, so it pulled the shade across the noonday. They laid him in a borrowed tomb, but early Sunday morning, before the sun got up, the Son pulled one foot out of eternity, stepped back into time, and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me” (Matt. 28:18).

Why You Feel Busier Than Ever

Six non-obvious reasons you feel like you never can stop

How to Make Your New Member Class Better

Answering five burning questions

Wisdom for Our Post-Pandemic Lives

What Ecclesiastes can teach us about fulfilling our longings.

10 Principles for Building a Culture of Creativity

Cultivating the creative spirit that will carry your ministry beyond the pandemic

Making Old Things New

How we made our food pantry into so much more

What We Should Always Remember

... and what we should forget.

5 Blind Spots in Churches With High Pastor Turnover

Might the church culture be the problem?

The Continuing Relevance and Legacy of John Stott

And why he continues to be an important voice today