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How to Overcome Betrayal Trauma in Ministry

With their friends’ departures, pastors have had to recalibrate the very real cost of spiritual intimacy in doing life together.

Ryan Kwon: Nothing to Prove

“We’re so accustomed to the church being a noun. I want our bias to be action-oriented, and a movement that goes outward.”

The Rise of the Entrepreneurial Church: How Churches Can Fund Ministry Beyond Tithes

Entrepreneurial church models allow churches to step outside the walls of Sunday services and meet people where they live, work and gather. They open doors to relationships that lead to discipleship. They create spaces for people who might never set foot in a sanctuary to encounter the love of Christ.

Brad Powell: Confessions of an Outreach 100 Pastor

"When I find myself competing with other churches or leaders, I know my head and heart are messed up."

Brainstorm This: How to Measure Your Small Group Ministry

Small group pastor and expert Mark Howell on the 7 numbers that matter most

Ed Stetzer: Strategy Matters in Fast-Growing Churches

"Church which are rapidly growing, and which maintain that growth, place a premium on intentional and strategic leadership." Here's what that looks like.

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.”