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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.

Reaching the Next Generation of Evangelists

What does it look like to raise children who not only love Jesus, but also have a desire to share the gospel with their generation?

7 Tips for Leading Church Change

Every church needs change to occur to continue to grow and remain healthy.

‘My Church Model Is Better Than Yours!’

Derwin Gray calls leaders to stop bashing other forms or versions of the church.

The 10 Commandments of Guest-Friendly Churches

Welcoming guests is easy — just be friendly!

You Have to Move People to Reach People

Steven Furtick discusses the art of moving people in ministry.

The Secret Power of Availability

Bob Goff: “We answer people’s questions about love every time we make ourselves more available.”

10 Reasons Missional Communities Fail

Long-time missional community leader Doug Paul lists ten sure-fire ways to ruin the mission before it even starts.

3 Things Churches Love That KILL Outreach

Ed Stetzer: "If your church loves the way you do church more than your children, it loves the wrong thing."