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Creating Great Church Guest First Impressions

How you treat people who are new to your church can be the difference between your church growing or getting stuck.

Rediscover the Wonder of Christmas

Many years before the birth of Jesus Christ, God becoming a child, there was a prophecy in Isaiah 9:2, 6­­–7 that declared the coming of this child as the hope and wonder of this world.

Why Leaders Lead With Prayer

Imagine attempting to lead without strength, without guidance, and without defense. Personally, I would consider it both terrifying and utterly futile.

Putting Ourselves in the Hands of God

We have to believe that God is our for our good. That he cares for us. That he is not going to take advantage of us when we submit to him.

Go to the Source

The world is rapidly changing all around us. Let’s not use our past understanding to multiply a present audience.

How to Wait on the Goodness of God

How Psalm 23 teaches us to wait

The Blessing of Constraints

God fully knew the pandemic was happening when he led us to plan to launch new congregations.

What Are You Focusing on After Easter?

The real point of how many guests we all have at Easter isn’t about the size of our churches, its about the potential strength of the Body of Christ.

Bringing Your Friends to Jesus

We can learn three powerful lessons about evangelism from the paralytic's friends in Mark 2.

Add a Personal Touch to Post-Easter Connection

I suspect more of us need to prepare for these kinds of conversations if we want to reach others. Don’t wait until next Easter to do this kind of study.

Léonce B. Crump Jr.: Recovering Resilience

Trust is built when there is an opportunity to have a catalytic moment where someone shares their story, where you see into that person.