Recent Issues

Seasonal Outreach Ideas: Refresh VBS, Autism Awareness, Baseball

This spring and summer, engage with those in your church and community in new ways.

Scott McConnell: The State of Discipleship

Discover where disciples in your church are in their journey. Then design paths to encourage progress toward biblical outcomes.

New Life Community Church: Ministry in Motion

LifeCycle exists to meet practical needs, but the love of Christ and relationship-building compel it.

Welcome Others: The Gift of Hospitality in Leadership

When we lead with authenticity, we don’t simply share advice from a book. This is rooted in hospitality in leadership as we share our real experiences.

Leadership Grit

You are never stronger than when you are on your knees in weakness, a testament to leadership grit in practice.

Dave Ferguson: Ask the Right Question

Reproducing churches replace “grow” with “multiply” because they want to see the kingdom expand from Jerusalem to the ends of the earth by pursuing 'Ask the Right Question'.

A Peaceful Presence in Turbulent Times

Conflicted times can become sacred moments when believers in Jesus embody a peaceful presence.

Matt Chandler: Victory Is Assured

Because of Jesus we can endure anything. Victory Is Assured for believers today.

Karl Vaters: De-Size the Church

If we are simply getting bigger churches, that’s not church growth; that’s Christian consolidation. De-size the Church mindset reframes growth toward health.

Keep It Simple: Focus on the Interested and Don’t Waste Your Efforts on the Disinterested

If we can agree that our world has drastically changed over the last 70 years, then why are our ministries still following best practices that are more than 70 years old? This moment invites us to focus on the interested as we rethink ministry.

Ed Stetzer: A Higher Allegiance

There is no promise that this American experiment will last forever. Only the kingdom of God will last forever, Higher Allegiance.