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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.

7 Keys to Getting Your Ministry Year Off to a Good Start

How to set yourself up for success in the coming year.

Show Them Jesus

Why we must be known primarily for our love and not our politics.

What If We All Made the Same Kind of Difference?

Your church can play a huge part in ending homelessness.

12 Trends That Will Shape the Church in 2022

The hybrid-church model is the new normal in the midst of the pandemic, but what else will this year bring?

Why We Can’t Will Ourselves to Simplicity and Self-Control

And how the power of the Holy Spirit is at work in our lives.

Living Faithfully in a Culture of Moral Compromise

4 profound lessons we can learn from the story of Lot about sin, its consequences and our call as Christians.

A Note to Young Pastors: Stay Humble

God is forever at work refining us, defining us, confining us, maturing us, preparing us for more strategic service.

Valuing the Poor in Our Midst

How can we value and include people who are normally outcasts more in the life of the church.