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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.

Learn to Balance Celebration and Anticipation

There’s a tension that exists whenever God moves greatly in our lives and in our churches. Manage it well.

15 Things You Need to Know About Unchurched People Today

We must reach the unchurched with the Gospel of Christ. But who are they, and what are they all about?

Why the World Needs More "Mere" Christians

"A 'mere' Christian may be the only kind that can get through to a 'none' world."

How a Church Greeting Saved One Man’s Life

Are you underestimating the power of a simple greeting in your worship service?

Jesus and Bad Advertising

Steven Furtick: "I believe the most important message in the world deserves the best presentation."

Building a Healthy Small Church

Ed Stetzer: “Faithfulness and fruitfulness are more biblical measures for church health, not church size.”

7 Ways to Raise Up Young Leaders

Ron Edmondson: Raising up younger leaders is crucial to growing and maintaining healthy churches.

What Does It Take to Pastor a Healthy Megachurch?

"Instead of trying to please a congregation of 9,000 folks—I realized my greatest need was to spend time with the Lord."