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When Speaking Truth in Love Isn’t Easy

Never deliver a difficult message fueled by emotion. Preparation, not emotion, is what will strengthen your courage and help you realize positive and productive results.

Lebanon Baptist Church: A Sweet Way to Serve

Churches seem to have an expectation that people need to come to us. We need to change that paradigm.

Brandon O’Brien’s Top Books on Small Church Ministry

Rather than being a subcategory of American ministry, the small church is the norm. If you take a longer and broader view, most churches throughout history and in most parts of the world are and always have been small.

Designing Space for Mission

"We are called to dig postmodern wells where the Samaritan woman of today can get a drink and have a conversation."

Teams That Thrive and the Obstacles That Hinder Them

“Sure, efficiency is often useful, but great teams aren’t necessarily efficient. Rather, they are effective.”

What Really Makes a Good Idea Work?

"Go ahead and learn from the successes of others, but never assume that stealing an idea will give you the same results."

Is Discipleship About Growing or Going?

We need to make disciples, but discipleship is more than moving people to conversion. It includes moving them beyond it.

Hollering Into Culture: Are We Smothering the Good News in Unnecessary Noise?

"Is this the church, hollering into culture—earnest, but shrill—connected to a Truth but disconnected from an audience?"

Faith Talks: The Compassionate and Conversational Gospel

Robert Crosby: “Authenticity in our outreach conversations is perceived by others through our genuine compassion."

73,715: They’re Never “Just Numbers”

Celebrating the Country's Fastest-Growing Churches, and Refocusing on our Singular Task

5 Values That Kept Me Focused

Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Reflections of a Retired Megachurch Pastor