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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).

Stephen Chandler: Hope in the Midst of Crisis—Part 2

Don’t miss Part 1 of our interview, where Stephen Chandler discusses setting the vision for Destiny Church, how the church encourages people to take...

Church Growth in the Year of COVID

Throw out the playbook, not the mission.

How to Plant 10,000 Churches in One Year

Africa’s largest-attendance church grows bigger by training everyone in evangelism.

4 Things That Shouldn’t Drive Church Growth (and One Thing That Should)

There is one primary thing that should be driving church growth. Here are four things that shouldn't be.

Outreach Magazine Celebrates America’s Fastest-Growing Churches

LifePoint Church in Clarksville, Tennessee, named fastest-growing church with release of the Outreach 100 American Megachurch Annual

Andy Stanley: Why ‘The Bible Says So’ Is Not Enough Anymore

Our culture questions biblical authority, so, like Paul, we must adapt our hermeneutical approach to reach our neighbors.

Why You Should Make a “To NOT Do” List

Regularly winnowing out bad habits is just as important to the senior pastor's health as establishing healthy goals.

‘Taste and See’ Evangelism

What if we changed our approach to ministry so that it mirrored the pattern Jesus often demonstrated?