Idea Starter: Block Parties for the Super Bowl

Encourage and equip small groups in your church to host block parties for their neighbors and friends to watch the Super Bowl together. Provide resources like videos from Tony Dungy (Perseverance in Pain), coach of the 2007 Super Bowl champion Indianapolis Colts, to show at halftime or before or after the game.

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Evangel Church: Never Stop Serving

Last year, Evangel started a church two hours away inside the largest women’s prison in New York. A pastor and a team go every Thursday to share a message, preach and lead worship for the prisoners.

Angulus Wilson: Evangelism Is the Heart of God

When the church taps into the mission and the heart of God, she gets mobilized, she can get revived. We can see growth and new initiative.

David Kinnaman: Start the Conversation

Church leaders must recognize that what feels hidden is actually hurting people, and that discipleship includes helping people break free from destructive patterns.