Small Church

Star City First Assembly of God: Start With Jerusalem

The church looked around and assessed local need. One of its biggest outreaches is now a community-wide distribution of food, clothes, shoes, backpacks, school supplies and other household items at back-to-school time.

5 Questions to Ask When Your Church Isn’t Growing

There could be many reasons why your church isn't growing. Here are a few.

Dear Small Church Pastor

The God who bled for you, who died for you, who rose from the dead for you, and who now lives in you through the Holy Spirit, believes in you.

6 Things Business Teaches Us About Evangelism

"I grieve that the marketplace shows a little more creativity and tenacity than we do in the church. It doesn’t have to be this way."

4 Ways to Build a Leadership Development Culture

Bobby Gruenewald: “We believe the best way to develop leaders is to create an environment that fosters their growth.”

If Your Church Is to Thrive, It Must Grow Young. Here’s How

Churches are shrinking. Churches are aging. But that’s not the way it has to be.

Every Youth Ministry Should Do These 4 Things

"Regardless to how large or small your youth ministry is, there are four practical things you should be doing."

Should the Church Try to Be ‘Cool’?

"It should be one of our main goals as believers to try to relate the gospel to those who don't yet understand its beauty."

Why Your Church Doesn’t Need a Building

"Here are stories of three churches and how they are reaching their target area without owning a facility."

Raising up Female Leaders in Ministry

Ed Stetzer: "Don’t forget the emerging female leaders around you—find them, encourage them, raise them up."

6 Truths About the Church That Can Change the World

Rick Warren: "Our church has been built on six biblical convictions that are all based on God’s eternal Word."