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Suffering From Spiritual Anemia

We need not starve our souls or allow our relationship with God through Christ to fade like the dying embers of an untended fire. We can seek the face of God.

Outreach 100 Churches on Creating a Flourishing Volunteer Culture

“Serving is not just about filling a need; it’s about inviting people into the bigger vision of following Jesus and serving in a way that allows them to use the gifts and abilities God has created them with to build his kingdom.” —Lori Newell, The Church of Eleven22

Higher Learning: Reaching Young Ugandans in Their Schools

“If John Wesley could send out bands of young people to change the world, we can too." -Pastor Moses Kalanzi

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."