Church Profiles

Gateway Fellowship Church: Building Community

The key is establishing real community, authentic friendships and a true relationship with the Lord.

Venture Church: Community for First-Timers

“If people don’t make a single friend at your church, they’re not going to stay.” ~Pastor Di Beals

Community Christian Church: A Warm Welcome

When people visit Community and decide to stay, Pastor John Scott says, it’s because of the worship, the teaching, the children’s ministry and, most importantly, the feeling of belonging.

Dreams of Zion: Mount Zion Baptist Church

Mount Zion Baptist Church Ministers to the Community—from Students to Seniors

New Beginnings: Central Baptist Church

Central Baptist Church Ministers in the Middle of the Bible Belt

“This High-Energy Church Welcomes Young People”—Lessons From a Mystery Visit

An unchurched person reports on an unannounced visit the 2014 Outreach 100 Fastest-Growing Church.

Real Church, Real People: The Journey

The Journey Challenges Perceptions in America’s Northeast

Bringing in the Broken: Church by the Glades

Church by the Glades “Can’t Afford to Play it Safe”

The Word With Conviction: Grace Church

Grace Church of Dumfries, Va., Teaches the Word with Conviction

Central to Restoration: Central Christian

A Las Vegas church engages the lost and the broken

“We Cracked the Code”: Houston’s First Baptist Church

Houston’s First Baptist Church Returns to Basics of Prayer and the Great Commission