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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 If You Only Had One Week to Live?

This is not morbid; it is just facing head-on what Scripture says—that our days are numbered.

Hosanna Wong: The Witness of Withness

We need to know the words and ways of God, but we also have to know the words and ways of the people around us. What are their real questions? God has real answers to people’s real questions.

Closing the Bible Engagement Gap

If physical Bibles are flying off the shelves and Bible apps are being downloaded in record numbers, then why aren’t people engaging with their Bibles more? And what can church leaders do about it?

Before You Post Online

Before you dash off your next post or comment, stop to consider these scriptural guidelines.

Rebuilding After Disaster

You are either a participator or spectator at church. If you are the latter, you miss out on so much. And when you get involved, you will see your church experience enriched as well.

A Match Made in Heaven

Too many people see discipleship (growing in Jesus) and evangelism (going with Jesus on a mission) as separate. They are not.

Grace After Grace

As a pastor, I watch so many give up on their walk with the Lord because they become discouraged by the battle that rages and the victories that seem to remain elusive in their private everyday lives.

4 Kinds of Thinking That Can Sabotage Your Leadership

Are any of these patterns of thinking undercutting your ability to lead effectively?