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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.

The Stupid Things We Do That Hinder Growth

Geoff Surratt on three unnecessary barriers to church growth.

Why Go to a Church Service When You Can Watch Online?

Five reasons why engaging with church in person is necessary.

12 Ways to Worship God by Serving the Poor

"It’s not our job to evaluate the motives of those who are hungry. The call of God is simply to relieve the suffering of others."

Bivocational Pastor: The Strategic Future

Leaders discuss the rewards and challenges of being bivocational and the role that status will play in future church growth.

Jesus Doesn’t Need Twitter Followers

Brad Powell: If we're going to get our church back on mission, we have to get them actively following Jesus.

Erwin McManus: Imagine Tomorrow

When we stand in the intersection between time and eternity we break free from "what is" and bring into reality "what if."

Don’t Generalize This Generation

Dan Kimball: “Millennials may be leaving some churches, but they are swarming to others."

10 Tips to Keep Your Ministry from Bottoming Out

Margaret Feinberg: "Sometimes dips in our own ministry are a result of pouring out into a meaningful relationship."