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Reaching Smallville: What Happens When Rural Pastors Band Together

Jesus cares deeply about small towns and small communities and places that no one’s ever heard of before.

Growing Relationships Rather Than Numbers

When a church focuses on the person as a whole and not the transactional relationship often, they see Christ in the person and not the person inside the local church, which begins to tare the veil of developing relationships to become pew warmers.

Leaders, Stop Walking on Eggshells

I’m not advocating that leaders be jerks, and there are times to be sensitive to the people around you, but I am advocating that if you’re serious about changing the world, stop walking around on eggshells.

Only the Gospel Can Strike at the Root of Evil

Why the gospel is central to solving the problem of sex trafficking

Leading Local: What Life Is Like Serving Smaller Congregations

“What we have in our hands is enough for what God has called us to do. And if God wants us to do more, then he will put more in our hands.”—Aaron Tinch

Coming Back From Decline

You must focus not on what is missing but instead on what matters: the person in front of you and the community that needs your church.

You Can Recognize Them By Their Fruit

If there is any lesson we can pull from church history, it is to draw a clearer line between the activity of God and the virtue (or lack thereof) of men and women.

Shauna Pilgreen: Love Listens

we come to know one another by translating Jesus in a way the culture can understand, because it means I’m breaking things down for both me and you. The more that happens, the more I come to know about Jesus.