Features

Take a Tech Break

Try consciously counting how many times you reach for [your phone] even in a single hour.

When ‘Equipping’ Isn’t Enough

If our churches’ equipping efforts stop at ‘learn, repeat,’ essentially, we are training parrots.

Kyle Strobel: Power in Weakness

“Christians should become powerful Christians. But it’s only ever a power made perfect in our weakness, and it’s only ever a power that comes from God.”

5 Doctrines Every Christian Should Know

Ed Stetzer: Five essential Christian doctrines that all believers should be able to understand and articulate.

Why Your Church Doesn’t Need a Building

"Here are stories of three churches and how they are reaching their target area without owning a facility."

10 Things Pastors Would Love to Hear From Their Church Members

Thom Rainer: "Pastors need numbers of people who will take on the encourager role. The critics will always be there."

All Effective Pastors Share This Leadership Attribute

William Vanderbloemen: "Nobody is a perfect leader, but there is one thing that all successful pastors have in common."

Raising up Female Leaders in Ministry

Ed Stetzer: "Don’t forget the emerging female leaders around you—find them, encourage them, raise them up."

5 Signs That You’re Losing Your Leadership Influence

"Losing influence doesn’t happen overnight. It slowly leaks away from leaders who aren’t paying attention to the warning signs."

6 Truths About the Church That Can Change the World

Rick Warren: "Our church has been built on six biblical convictions that are all based on God’s eternal Word."

5 Church Growth Principles From the Apostle Paul

"Paul flexed his approach toward those he was evangelizing. With Jews he used one approach, and with Gentiles another."