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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.

The Style of Your Church Doesn’t Matter (So Stop Judging)

"No wonder this world is often turned off by followers of Jesus. Lord, keep us from becoming Pharisees."

10 Lessons for (Not Just) Younger Church Leaders

"If we desire personal growth, we have to get around people who are or have already been where we wish to go."

8 Questions to Evaluate the Health of Your Church

"It’s easy to get so busy that you don’t take the time to evaluate your ministry. But evaluation is how you get better."

Why Your Church Must Diversify—or Die

"Churches maintaining all-white uniformity are vying for ever-larger pieces of a shrinking pie."

After Charlottesville: Biblical Correctness, Not Political Correctness

Rich Stearns: "We cannot mince words in condemning all forms of hatred in our country."

No, Christians Don’t See the Eclipse as a Sign of the Apocalypse

"For those few spreading fear about an eclipse, you’re embarrassing Christians, not representing Christ."

Seminary Trends: Responding to Church and Cultural Change

"There was a time when education for some meant moving and uprooting their family. Today, none of that is necessary."

Seminary Trends: Developing Diverse Leadership

Faculty are equipped to consider how their disciplines need to be taught considering the growing diversity in North America.