Service

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

How to Leverage Existing Ministries for Outreach

“You could launch new outreach ministries without removing any existing ministries, increasing your budget or adding staff.”

How You Can Use Your Job Skills to Help the Poor

You already have the job skills you need to make a huge impact on alleviate global poverty.

What Christians Need to Know About Mental Illness

Ed Stetzer: "About half of evangelical Christians believe that prayer and Bible study alone can heal mental illness."

How to Boost Evangelism by Modifying Your Existing Ministries

Kevin Harney: "Here are three examples that will bring this idea alive … and inspire you to do the same at your church."

6 Ways to Find Fresh Outreach Ideas

Kevin Harney: "Where do you find great outreach programs and innovative ideas? Here are some of my best suggestions."

Reducing Global Poverty, One Camera at a Time

Non-profit One Mobile Projector Per Trainer delivers life-saving messages to some of the poorest countries in the world.

Why ‘Professional Evangelism’ Is Hurting the Church

Ed Stetzer: "No one has the 'gift' of evangelism. However, everyone has the responsibility to evangelize!"

5 Strategies to Ignite Outreach in Your Church

Bobby Gruenewald: "Let these outreach strategies spark your team’s creative planning and problem solving."

Incarnational Ministry: A Kingdom of Harlots

Hugh Halter: "I wonder if we spend too much time condemning people who don’t live as 'clean' as we think they should."

7 Reasons Your Church Should Have a Ministry to Widows

Thom Rainer: "It is one of the clearest mandates of Scripture. It is also one of the most neglected mandates of Scripture."