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.”

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

Striving for Sabbath

Even more than working through us, the God-Who-Is delights in us.

Bringing Jesus Wherever We Are

“We want people to feel welcome in an atmosphere where they can be real and bring their struggles,” Sibylle says.

Natasha Sistrunk Robinson: Learning Spiritual Rhythms

We teach our children through our words and our actions. Consistently and intentionally practicing spiritual rhythms within community and across generations matters (Deut. 6:1–2, 31:9–13).