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When You Take Matters Into Your Own Hands

When we become our own chief advocate, we are once again taking the place of God. Because advocating for us is actually not our job; it’s Jesus’s job.

When to Let Go of ‘Being Right’

Don’t sacrifice your peace for a hollow victory. Choose instead to release your "right of way" so that you can hold onto peace instead of pain.

How Holy Trinity Brompton Is Revitalizing the Church of England

“We don’t want our denomination to close one more church without first offering it to us to send a team to revitalize it.” -Sarah Jackson

5 Steps Toward Racial Justice and Reconciliation

Racial justice and reconciliation are central to the gospel. Here's how predominantly white churches can join the cause.

Listen Closely When You Get Mad

If we find ourselves getting angry, chances are the anger was already in our hearts. The circumstance was just the thing that got us going.

Planting a Sending Church

Your church is not just for your neighborhood, but for the nations.

Making Wise Leadership Decisions

It is often a judgment call of whether to say yes or no.

Spiritual Backstories

Churches can be places where followers of Christ carefully listen to and pray through people’s life stories with empathy, extending the kind of care and grace that Jesus showed everyone, regardless of their backstory.

A Legacy of People-Building

A life spent helping people is a beautiful life

How Do You Know if the Holy Spirit Is Moving?

Too many prayer-focused Christians lock themselves in a room, claim to get filled with the Spirit, but then never go out of their prayer closets to share the Good News.

Is Your Church Stuck?

Some church leaders question whether asking numerical numbers borders on the idolatry of numbers. Others simply don’t worry about attendance numbers.