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An Invitation to Pray

Praying specific can become an exciting adventure and partnership with God– truly seeking to pray the heart, mind and will of the Father!

Expect to Be Different

Avoiding interaction with the world will ensure not only that the world dies but that your church will too. This is the way salt works: it is either used proactively or it becomes destructive to the one who has it.

The Strengths of Smaller Healthy Churches

Small churches can create a family environment for disconnected people if they lean into the built-in intimacy they already have.

Mark Batterson: The Power of God’s Voice

"How did God create? With his voice! The universe is his way of saying, 'Look at what I can do with four words.'"

Why Growing in Christian Maturity Means Growing in Love

"I don’t need encouragement to love myself. I’m a pro at it. What I need is to love my neighbor."

How Jesus Meets Our Heart’s Deepest Longings

"Because of God’s selfless love for us, each of us can make this declaration of freedom: 'I am loved.'"

Why You Don’t Need to ‘Start’ Another Church

"The divine call to 'come and see' invites us to engage wholeheartedly in everything God intends."

Hurricane Response: ‘When the Waters Recede, the Love Will Rise’

Houston's First Baptist Church offers physical and spiritual aid in the wake of the historic natural disaster.

Does Jeremiah 29:11 Apply to You?

"My answer: Kind of. Let me take that back: Yes, it does apply to you, but not in the way many 'claim' the passage."

6 Marks of a Missional Church

"Rather than seeing your church as a social club for its own good, what if your church embraced its missionary identity?"

7 Ways to Freshen up a Stale Church

"Familiarity blindness is a malady that infects us all. We become so familiar with something that we no longer see it."