Recent Issues

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.

Megan Fate Marshman: Everyday Grace

While influence tends to want to go upwards and grow to the right, I am fighting to go down to the left, and it takes a lot of intentionality.

Ohio Church Makeover

This move would not only give them room to grow, but also would enable them to do a lot more to fulfill their mission of being a church focused on “building the kingdom, one life at a time.”

Go D.E.E.P.E.R. in Discipleship

Do you lead by example in revealing your weaknesses and areas for growth?

Preparing for a Fruitful Harvest

If we want to see revival and lives transformed for eternity, we need to get on our knees to pray.

Anna Morgan: When Women Are Called to Leadership

It starts with a woman identifying her own calling.

Ed Stetzer: All Shapes and Sizes

A church with mission-shaped people living together for the gospel makes all the difference.

Disperse the Church

The attractional church sometimes created an opposing current as we sought to develop a decentralized network of disciple makers and microchurches.

Taking Off the Cape: Your Leadership Superpower Might Be Your Biggest Leadership Problem

Wise leaders don’t waste a crisis—they use it to help their people become the very best versions of themselves.

Heather Matthews: Beyond #MeToo

If people outside the church saw Christians empowering and advocating for women and fighting against sexism, that the gospel might actually be good news, especially for women outside the church.

Simplify Evangelism

The first mission field to which God calls every Christian is our neighborhood.