Service

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.

These 6 Questions Will Reveal How Well You Love Your Neighbors

"There is no need to see accountability questions as burdensome if we understand that God’s grace is our foundation."

Brainstorm This: How to Measure Your Small Group Ministry

Small group pastor and expert Mark Howell on the 7 numbers that matter most

Soulfires: Luca and Luke

"'I choose to trust you, Lord,' I said, not knowing what might become of saying such a thing."

Soulfires: Guatemala’s Healing Waters

"People see it as a way God loves them when we bring them water."

Into the Neighborhood: Randy Frazee and Oak Hills Church

Community is a conduit of life: you live in community. If you starve yourself of community, you die.

Mission Trips Are for Whom?

Dave Gibbons: “In most countries, relationships and the trust of indigenous leadership often take years to develop.”

How Your Small Church Can Do a Great Community Service Day

Karl Vaters offers tips on doing a community service day with a small budget but big impact.

8 Steps to Creating Your Own PEACE Center

Saddleback Church’s guide to offering free community services at your church