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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.

6 Reasons Churches Struggle to Disciple

I believe more and more churches are working harder at what most churches call “discipleship” (which I define here as leading believers to obey...

The Power of Mourning Together

Over the years of sitting at Jesus’ feet, I’ve found that the more time I spend with him, the more I am connected to...

When Certainties Are Shattered

I guess we’ll all look back on the coronavirus outbreak of March 2020 as a moment of transition. For the last two months, I...

Tips for Mitigating Risks When Your Church Reopens

In our rush to get churches open across the country, we need to be aware of the public response should something go wrong. What...

4 Guiding Principles for Addressing Issues of Race

The number one question and conversation I’ve been engaged in with leaders across the country is literally, How do we lead in times like...

5 Early Trends From Churches That Are Reopening

The regathering of churches for in-person services is garnering a lot of attention in both the religious and secular media. I totally get that....

Brain Secrets to Make You a Better Leader

I love leadership and I love learning about the brain. A few years ago I finished an executive masters in the neuroscience of leadership...

The Truths of John 17

Are You Living in the Power of Jesus’ Greatest Prayer?