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David Kinnaman: Start the Conversation

Church leaders must recognize that what feels hidden is actually hurting people, and that discipleship includes helping people break free from destructive patterns.

Avoid These 10 Awful Messages to Visitors

There’s no joy in sharing these stories, but there’s clarity. These experiences shine a spotlight on what must change if we truly want to be welcoming communities of grace.

The Future of Church Outreach: 3 Key Trends We Must Engage

EDITORIAL Leading Mission | Andy Cook Standing on the steps of the Wheaton College Billy Graham Hall in 1980, Graham asked his audience a pivotal question: How...

Dan Kimball: Celebrate All

"There is neither mega nor micro, large nor small, video venue nor house church, for you are all one in Christ Jesus."

Netherlands: If Here, Then Anywhere? Bethel Church

The touch of God began in an aged, discouraged and divided congregation. Few imagined what the church was to become.

Megachurch World: Learning From the International Church

As Christianity grows outside of North America, so does the potential to learn from their ministry innovations.

Soulfires: Luca and Luke

"'I choose to trust you, Lord,' I said, not knowing what might become of saying such a thing."

Celebrating the Country’s Fastest-Growing Churches

"God used the megachurch to reach Korea and the house church to reach China. Any church God uses is a great church.”

Soulfires: Guatemala’s Healing Waters

"People see it as a way God loves them when we bring them water."

God Talk: The 9 Arts of Spiritual Conversations

"Building a bridge with those outside the church and getting good at spiritual conversations takes practice."

Wayne Cordeiro: Don't Burn Your Ministry Dreams

"Literally billions of people have died with their dreams, hopes and potential to succeed still in them, entombed beneath the sod, never released."