Cutting-Edge Florida Church Network Rediscovers the Life of Mission
“If you want people to live in a different way, you have to promise them change—the possibility of a different kind of church.”
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5 Ways the Church Hurts and Helps Victims of Sexual Violence
"Let’s dare to risk discomfort for the sake of ministering to victims of sexual violence."
Why Helping a Refugee Could Change the World
Rich Stearns: "This is why the local church matters. Politicians see problems; we see people, created in the image of God."
Church Planting With a 91-Year-Old Hugging Usher
"One person who was excited about seeing new generations come to know Jesus was a 91-year-old woman named Ruth."
Soulfires: An Unexpected Job Offer
How a Sermon at a New Church Plant Turned Into a Movement
‘Why Me?’ An Atheist and Drug Addict Finds God
“I was not seeking God. I was not calling out to him or even thinking about God. For God to do that for me is crazy."
Would Jesus Be Cool With Saying ‘Black Lives Matter’?
Craig Greenfield: "Would Jesus show any sort of special concern for one particular group or another?"
Incarnational Ministry: Living Big in Small Places
Hugh Halter: "Jesus' public life was an outgrowth of his subterranean existence as he lived among people in the margins."
Reflections on 12 Years of Pastoring the Homeless in Las Vegas
"Over the years, I've learned a few things about the homeless that you’re never going to find in a book."
Going on a Mission Trip This Summer? Don’t Do These 3 Things
"I'm offering these observations to you along with some suggestions that are less sexy but more helpful to those you serve."