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Pantano Christian Church: A Change of Life

Making people feel welcome is everyone’s job. Pantano sees a wide diversity in the congregation across nearly every demographic: ethnicity, race, socioeconomic, etc.

The Comeback Church: Seizing the Cultural Moment

Take another look at what Jesus said: “I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”

Who’s Up Next?

“A leader’s legacy doesn’t matter more than the legacy of Jesus Christ, so I am going to take the time it takes to pour into the next people who are going to come do what I am [doing].” —Hayden Gregory

On the Path to Discipleship

Ed Stetzer: "A path, a discipleship process, is necessary in order to ensure effective life change of believers within a congregation."

Are You Planting a Multiplying Church?

Exponential co-founders Todd Wilson and Dave Ferguson offer nine best practices to adapt and model.

3 Must-Have Leadership Habits

Brad Lomenick: "The patterns we cultivate shape the person we each become."

10 Small-Church Strategies in a Big-Church World

"There is a curious shortage of strategies that can be easily implemented by a small church with limited resources."

Philippines: Victory Megachurch Building on Discipleship

“Our focus is on reaching the lost—not growing the church,” the founder says

Soul Thirst: Meeting Human Longing With Grace

"It makes a difference if I treat a nonbeliever as someone who is wrong rather than someone who is on the way but lost."

Do Small Churches Need Self-Assessment?

Ed Stetzer: "The size of a church does not determine its health. But a church's health can determine its size."

Reclaiming What It Means to Be “Good News” People

"What do we need to do to get the good news back into the gospel people?"