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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.

Mistakes to Avoid When You Gather Again

Five things you'll miss if you step back into the past when you step back into your building

How to Handle Church Communications as You Consider Reopening

Matthew L. Watley: Tips for internal messaging, marketing and public relations for your church

Our Strange Relationship With Our Bodies

We are both abusing and adoring our bodies. There is a better way.

Live in a Way That Shows You Believe to Die Is Gain

Jake Mills: Many fear death, but for the Christian there is hope.

A New Understanding of ‘Shelter’

Lesa Engelthaler: During shelter-in-place orders, the word ‘shelter’ has come alive for me in new ways.

The Key to Overcoming Temptation by the Power of Christ

Greg Laurie: Are you stuck in a certain vice? There's power in God to break those patterns of sin.

Amplify Wheaton Evangelism Leadership Virtual Conference (May 19–21)

Join us May 19–21 for an inspiring virtual conference.

11 Things About Being a Pastor I Learned the Hard Way

The foibles and lessons of my early years as a pastor