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Breaking the 200 Barrier

October 1, 2026

Features Recent Issues Magazine

Both the pastor and the congregation must recognize that the pastor’s highest-leverage work must focus on sharing ministry by developing leaders who can in turn care for and develop others. This realization is simultaneously liberating and threatening: liberating because it means a way forward exists; threatening because it requires a fundamental change for both pastors and congregations. Pastors must shift their own self-understanding, and congregations must change the fundamental expectations they have of their pastors.

Ed Stetzer

CityLife Church: Building a Culture of Multiplication

October 1, 2026

Features Recent Issues Magazine

CityLife Church in Melbourne, Australia, is cultivating a culture of multiplication by empowering campuses, developing leaders and reproducing disciples and churches.

Warren Bird

Leadership Drift: 4 Gauges Every Leader Should Check

September 30, 2026

Features Leadership

Leaders rarely intend to drift, but busy seasons can quietly disrupt the habits that keep them healthy. These four gauges can help leaders notice drift and course-correct.

Dave Ferguson

How Church Leaders Can Lead Through Change and Transformation

September 24, 2026

Features Leadership

Church leaders face constant disruption and resistance to change. Tod Bolsinger explains how pastors can lead transformation while protecting the values at the heart of the church.

Jonathan Sprowl

Pastor Burnout: 3 Steps to Lead From a Healthy Soul

September 21, 2026

Features Recent Issues Magazine

Burnout isn't the price of working hard — it's the slow erosion of a soul disconnected from Jesus. Here are three rhythms that help ministry leaders flourish instead of fade.

Derwin Gray

Holy Restlessness: What Nehemiah Teaches Leaders About Rest

September 17, 2026

Features Leadership

Nehemiah 13 reveals a leader wrestling with holy restlessness—and finding rest not in finished work, but in a faithful God.

Eric Geiger

Church Community Outreach: Practical Ways to Share the Gospel

September 16, 2026

Features Evangelism

Churches can build bridges to their communities by meeting practical needs, building relationships and demonstrating the gospel. Efrem Smith shares how churches can engage culture and reach people with the good news of Jesus.

Efrem Smith

How Churches Can Measure What Really Matters

September 15, 2026

Features Recent Issues Magazine

Church attendance and activity tell only part of the story. Learn how churches can measure discipleship and create a scoreboard focused on developing and sending disciple-makers.

Robby Gallaty

Ed Stetzer: Is Revival Here?

September 10, 2026

Features Recent Issues Magazine

New research points to growing spiritual interest in the U.K. and U.S. But Ed Stetzer explains why increased religious openness isn’t necessarily a spiritual revival—and what church leaders should do with the moment.

Ed Stetzer

Rise of Hispanic Church Plants

September 9, 2026

Church Planting Features Recent Issues

In 2025, Lifeway Research worked with 16 denominations or similar groups tosurvey leaders at almost 300 new Protestant Hispanic churches to gain insight into what these new ministries look like. Here are some of the findings.

LifeWay Research