Recent Issues

What Message Are You Sending Visitors?

By immediately communicating, ‘You are welcome here,’ you are answering guests’ big question: Should I be here?

The Avenue Fights Hunger Through Partnerships

Sourcing and obtaining enough food to meet the demand proved difficult. And often, the church found itself with an abundance of donated expired food.

Amy Orr Ewing: A ‘Quiet Revival’

Our congregations need to be equipped to meet the moment in the culture, so that they are ready to lead people to Jesus.

Alan Briggs: Practical or Spiritual?

I found myself getting swallowed by the practical and what I considered “unspiritual” tasks. Somehow I never got to the good things. I was doing subpar work, and it was wearing me down.

Leading Solo

God has called you to the place where you are, and if he’s called you there, then he has a reason for you to be there.

Tim Keller: More Than Being Right

There are a lot of churches that have started or have grown through anger. The problem is churches that start on the basis of what they’re opposed to don’t last.

Is Evangelism a Lost Cause?

No person is ever too far from God to be restored into right relationship with him.

Ed Stetzer: The Elephants in the Room

We need a renewed attention on intimacy with Jesus over efficiency with our smartphones.

Richard J. Foster: A Lesson in Humility

Be brave enough to seek humility. Be strong enough to seek humility. Be courageous enough to seek humility, and we will grow. It increases our sense of community, and none of us can do this on our own.

Beyond Growth and Decline

The greatest challenge for church leaders is to tell the story of mission in a way that is beautiful and life-giving to a generation that sees the world through a lens of anxiousness and division.

Celebrating 20 Years of Outreach: Young Leaders We Are Learning From

“If we want to reach and keep the next generation, we have to teach them practically what it looks like to follow Jesus.” ~Noah Herrin