Recent Issues

Campbellsburg Baptist Church: Mailed With Love

This Kentucky church included more of the older seniors, giving them a script, some stationery and stamps to personally write invitations to 10 people each.

Saving Grace Church: Saving Grace in Battle Ground

Various outreaches include providing professional haircuts and distributing snack and hydration packs to the unhoused.

Avoid the ‘Fixing Trap’

Jesus didn’t come to fix us from afar. He came to walk with us.

Matthew Watley: Growth Through Service

Its not the number of people who come to church, but the number who go out to serve, that defines real growth for Matthew Watley.

Every Culture Welcome: How Growing Churches Are Reaching Different Ethnic Groups

We believe that the church should model the ethnic diversity of the area around it by reaching different ethnic groups.

5 Cultural Trends Driving the Growth of Microchurches

The decentralized approach of microchurches allows the gospel to be heard and seen in tangible ways for different cultural subgroups.

Reaching Smallville: What Happens When Rural Pastors Band Together

Jesus cares deeply about small towns and small communities and places that no ones ever heard of before. This article explores how rural pastors banding together can make a significant impact.

Leading Local: What Life Is Like Serving Smaller Congregations

What we have in our hands is enough for what God has called us to do. And if God wants us to do more, then he will put more in our hands.Aaron Tinch. This article explores the realities of serving smaller congregations.

Shauna Pilgreen: Love Listens While Sharing Faith in Culture

We come to know one another by translating Jesus in a way the culture can understand, because it means Im breaking things down for both me and you. The more that happens, the more I come to know about Jesus, especially when sharing faith in culture.

Ed Stetzer: Leading Missional Ministry

Our congregations are the resource we need to be a force of change for Christ in our world, and its time to lead them to do just that through leading missional ministry.

Alan Briggs: The Paralysis of Perfection

Lately I’ve been noticing two competing ideas in organizations: creativity and excellence. Of course, we need innovative solutions to problems. Count me in for more creativity. It’s the excellence piece that can trip us up.