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How Can We Avoid ‘Believing’ the Bible While Denying What It Actually Says?

We need to learn, and teach other people, not just to read the Bible but also how to interpret it, so they don’t end up being Bible-believing heretics or Jesus-followers who follow a Jesus different than the real Jesus of the Bible and history.

Is Gen Z Coming Back to Church?

When people born between 1997 and 2007 go to church, they attend, on average, about 23 services per year.

The Narrow Path for the Long Haul

The benefits of having faith stretch far beyond a spiritual checkbox. They seep into how I handle stress, find hope, and relate to others.

Ideas for Imaginary People

Charles Lee: "You cannot assume that what has worked in the past will work today or in the future."

Out of Brokenness: Dave Gibbons and Newsong Church

Predominant church growth tools focus on gifts and personality but fail to take into account the power of pain to shape a life.

Dave Gibbons: Movements and Mustard Seeds

Dave Gibbons: “Can we ever forget the greatest movement of all began with a group of 12 misfits?”

Into the Neighborhood: Randy Frazee and Oak Hills Church

Community is a conduit of life: you live in community. If you starve yourself of community, you die.

4 Moves That Can Make or Break Your Ministry Effectiveness

"Learning to assess body language can go a long way to showing your compassion and care of those you’re leading."

Mission Trips Are for Whom?

Dave Gibbons: “In most countries, relationships and the trust of indigenous leadership often take years to develop.”

Why Your People Are Not Sharing Their Faith

A surprising and convicting truth about why we don't evangelize.

Dave Gibbons: What's Next for the Church?

Dave Gibbons: “This is the generation in which the beauty of God will be unleashed through this new wave of visionaries and dreamers.”