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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 We’ve Learned About Rest From Staying Home

We should all feel super rested right now, right? I mean, we haven’t gone anywhere. We haven’t really done anything. All the obligations, appointments, and...

How I Found a Deeper Faith in the Aftermath of 9/11

How Living Through 9/11 Gave Me a Newfound Depth of Faith

4 Crucial Lessons for the Post-COVID Church

This article originally appeared on MissioAlliance.org and is reposted here by permission. In 2004, Patricia O’Connell Killen and Mark Silk edited and contributed to the book Religion...

A Depressed Pastor Navigates the 2020 Blues

It’s just hard! Those are three of the nicest words I’ve ever heard. When you’re hurting and sad and you don’t even know exactly why you’re...

Finding Momentum When Everything Is Working Against It

So you’re leading in a tougher environment than you’ve ever led through in your life. How do you find momentum and growth in a season...

Pivoting Your Self-Care

My hope is that these Ministry Pivot articles have been helpful for you and your team as you work through this season. As you...

How to Plant 10,000 Churches in One Year

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

Self-Care for Leaders During a Crisis

Navigating and leading through a crisis or crises is draining on a leader. For instance, when you take into account the current pandemic (a...