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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...

The Danger of Attempting It Alone

It’s not just unwise to be without a church; it’s dangerous. And the reason it’s dangerous is because we aren’t strong enough to go at life with Christ on our own.

Sharing the Gospel Beyond the Partisan Divide

How Christian partisanship can become a hurdle to our efforts to spread the gospel.

Merger: Coming Together for Kingdom Impact

Why church mergers are becoming more commonplace and how to make them work

Learning to Love Like Jesus

We were sent into the world. Shouldn't our most fruitful experiences take place outside the church building?

Brenda Salter McNeil: Where’s the Other Half of the Gospel?

Speaker, Leadership Coach and Associate Professor of Reconciliation Studies, Seattle Pacific University

Lessons in Missional: One Church’s Journey

What Granger Community Church has learned from multiplication church planting and incarnational mission

Rick Warren: What Is the True Cost of Outreach?

4 insights about money and evangelism

10 Trends in the Multisite Movement: 2012

Jim Tomberlin on what multisite churches are talking about these days

Stories of ‘Missional’ in Real Life

What does the buzzword that has captivated all things church really look like in a local congregation and community?