Small Church

The Strengths of Smaller Healthy Churches

Small churches can create a family environment for disconnected people if they lean into the built-in intimacy they already have.

Why More Pastors Are Considering Covocational Ministry

If we want to see a church planting movement in every place and people group, we must engage with covocational leaders.

Lebanon Baptist Church: A Sweet Way to Serve

Churches seem to have an expectation that people need to come to us. We need to change that paradigm.

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."

5 Church Growth Principles From the Apostle Paul

"Paul flexed his approach toward those he was evangelizing. With Jews he used one approach, and with Gentiles another."

3 Signs of a Healthy Church Transition

Pete Scazzero: "The entire Christian life is about trusting Jesus. This is the primary work God has called all of us to do."

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.”

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."