How to Transform a Community – Part 1
Instead of changing the world, seek to transform a neighborhood, a ZIP code or an apartment complex with a more focused vision.
Features
How to Engage the Community
Efrem Smith: "The churches that are doing the best in our conference in engaging their surrounding community are the ones who value a cause more than their Sunday morning worship."
A Church for the City
Eugene Cho: “If we reduce church to a program, we’ve forgotten our identity as a ‘sent’ people.”
Test Drive a Small Group
How LCBC Church develops groups by letting guests experience a trial run first
What Happens When the Church Prays?
Brooklyn Tabernacle's Jim Cymbala: Do we really believe God can draw anyone to Himself?
Competition for Caring
Why not host a giving competition during the slow summer months? Here's what worked for one church.
Can We Really Change the World?
Only God can fix the world; but as we fulfill our calling and carry God’s good news of salvation, healing and justice into the world, we become a very real part of changing it.
How to Start a Women’s Ministry – Philosophy First
"If you have ideas of how church can be, you can make them happen. Doors are wide open, obstacles are few."
A Seismic Shift in Outreach
Jesus wed mission and message together seamlessly - it's time for us to do the same.
From Biblical Illiteracy to Bible Engagement
There are two kinds of biblical illiteracy. One is not knowing the Bible’s facts. The other is not knowing its story.