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.

The Joyful Watchman

The Joyful Watchman approach emphasizes mentorship: get people into the Word and seeking what the Spirit wants to do today.

Alan Briggs: Why Busy Isn’t Best

If we’re going to slow down and become more present to families, teams and congregations, we must make a shift from an efficiency mindset to an effectiveness mindset.

Prone to Wander—Great Dechurching Phenomenon in America

In the context of the Great Dechurching, 15 million people who left evangelical churches, 51% are willing to return—right now.

AI and the Church: A Brave New World

It’s really important for AI and the Church to have the best understanding about AI and be ready to equip people.

Faith Eury Cho: Centered on the Presence of God

Busyness doesn’t have to compete with my intimacy with the presence of God. I do everything for him and with him.

Dangerous Growth: Ministry Growth Temptations

Yes, God uses our gifts, but at the end of the day, when success comes, God gets the glory because he is the source, and it examines ministry growth temptations that can arise.

Hybrid Church: Church Without Walls

As ministries evolve toward a hybrid church, we should look at inviting people online or even creating opportunities for people to be digital missionaries, sharing Jesus in digital and virtual spaces.” —Jeff Reed

Ed Stetzer: What to Make of AI and the Church

It’s one thing to ask AI to help with sermon title ideas; for AI and the Church, it’s another to replace the study of God’s Word, and the work of the Holy Spirit, with ideas pulled together by AI.