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David Kinnaman: Start the Conversation

Church leaders must recognize that what feels hidden is actually hurting people, and that discipleship includes helping people break free from destructive patterns.

Avoid These 10 Awful Messages to Visitors

There’s no joy in sharing these stories, but there’s clarity. These experiences shine a spotlight on what must change if we truly want to be welcoming communities of grace.

The Future of Church Outreach: 3 Key Trends We Must Engage

EDITORIAL Leading Mission | Andy Cook Standing on the steps of the Wheaton College Billy Graham Hall in 1980, Graham asked his audience a pivotal question: How...

4 Keys to Keeping Up an Exercise Routine

How to maintain a rhythm of regular exercise

Why Unmarried Should Not Mean Alone

Marriage is not the only way God provides for our need for community.

Wide Awake

Deep change cannot be effectively pursued without deep consciousness and deep understanding of the world as it actually is.

How Would Martin Luther King Jr.’s Message Be Received Today?

Would King’s 'Letter From a Birmingham Jail' speak as powerfully to our current culture?

5 Reasons Ministry Is So Stressful Right Now

An honest look at the state of leadership and need for self-care today

What You Need to Know About Reaching the Nones

Understanding the religiously unaffiliated

The Problem in Our Backyard

What churches need to know about modern day slavery and what they can do to fight it.

7 Things I Expect for the Church in the New Year

My predictions for the church this year