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Cross Church: The Courage to Step Out

Pastor Jaime Loya was intent on spiritual truths becoming a reality in the lives of everyday people. Hearing a message on a Sunday morning is meaningless if that message is not lived out all week long.

Doing Life Together

The practice of “doing life together” can inspire people to endeavor great things and to live in ways that can transform individuals and culture.

Transformational Faith

Our faith is what forms the grid by which we understand and process reality. It is our main operating system; the means by which we approach everything else.

The Epic Adventure of Gospel Multiplication

“We are instruments in the hand of God to see all things reconciled to God through Christ.”

Efrem Smith: The Multi-Ethnicity of Jesus

“In Christ Jesus, we are no longer red, yellow, brown, black, and white. … We are freed from false identities, but we retain the gift of our true identities of ethnicity and nationality.”

Christine Caine: Rescue the One

“There are so many who need rescuers ... . Each of them is God’s missing treasure.”

Turning Laypeople Into Lay Ministers – Part 2

Tim Keller discusses preparing and equipping the people of the church to live missionally.

Turning Laypeople Into Lay Ministers – Part 1

Tim Keller discusses preparing and equipping the people of the church to live missionally.

Andy Stanley: Creating a Church of Grace and Truth

How North Point Community Church embraces and manages the tension.

Escaping the Performance Trap

Chris Hodges: “You can fulfill the commands of the Bible better by falling in love with God than by trying to obey him.”

How to Get Your Church’s Mission Off Life Support

Rob Wegner and Jack Magruder of Granger Community Church in Granger, Ind., on shifting ministry partnerships from "transactional" to "transformative."