Recent Issues

Hills Church: New Name, Same Mission

Hills Church has grown, in part, due to Marksman—a strategy for men focused on reaching and discipling other men that includes a 6-week Bible study boot camp.

Mike Housholder: The Wind of the Spirit

“Churches are called to make their cities better. The best way to do that is to genuinely and authentically love our neighbors. If there are needs in our community, we want to get involved.” - Pastor Mike Housholder

My Top 5 Books on Evangelism

The spiritual discipline of evangelism requires a faithful walk with the Lord, intentionality, understanding contexts, and connecting with people far from God.

Craft a Vision for Church Planting

In a culture awash in loneliness and isolation, the prospect of meaningful, kingdom-centered relationships centered on mission is a powerful vision.

A Closer Walk

When we are growing in faith, we hold the hand of our risen Lord. As we do this, we go where he goes. We feel what he feels. We do what he does.

Bryan C. Loritts: Overcoming Ethnic Disunity

The church started out multiethnic. The apostle Paul didn’t start two separate churches, one for the Jews and one for the Gentiles.

The Pursuit of Virtue

Character is not so much what I do when no one is looking as it is what we do for others in their presence.

4 Mirror-Image Mistakes

Jesus wants us to serve and rejoice more in what he has done for us than in what we do for him.

Never Stop Learning

It doesn’t matter what name is on the side of the building as long as Jesus is being taken to the people.

A Return to Making Disciples

It’s time for all of us who love and follow Jesus to get back to what he saved and called us to be: disciples of Jesus who make disciples of Jesus.

Find a Friend

The simple truth is that every leader needs a friend. They need someone who will come alongside and encourage them, whether they are at the top of their game or even when they have committed a major misstep.