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.

Test Drive a Small Group

How LCBC Church develops groups by letting guests experience a trial run first

Competition for Caring

Why not host a giving competition during the slow summer months? Here's what worked for one church.

Can We Really Change the World?

Only God can fix the world; but as we fulfill our calling and carry God’s good news of salvation, healing and justice into the world, we become a very real part of changing it.

A Seismic Shift in Outreach

Jesus wed mission and message together seamlessly - it's time for us to do the same.

Who Is Our Neighbor Today?

“There is no moral excuse for how we are now treating our neighbors who are falling along the side of the road of the global supply chains, which are now the world’s main roads.”

The Crossroads of Outreach and Immigration

When it comes to illegal immigration, should we build a bigger fence or cultivate more compassion?

Living a Gospel-Saturated Life

“What else might we do today that would be more significant than telling others that the God of the universe loves them and desires for them to know him and be saved from their sins forever?”

Being Christ’s Hands and Feet

How reaching out to the surrounding community revived Crossroads United Methodist Church.