Recent Issues

5 Keys for Sharing Your Faith

We do not need to be contentious and argumentative. We can be kind and grace-filled even when we disagree with others and offer them a whole new worldview.

Embrace Church: Real Transformation

The church’s success is a testament to divine grace working through flawed people, Pastor Adam Weber insists. Embrace’s goal-setting process, called “traction,” has also multiplied its congregation.

CenterPoint Church: A Steady Presence in Long Island

“Our focus is always on reaching the lost and those who are far from God. We just keep honoring God, trying to reach our community, being missional and attractional, and person by person, they keep coming through the doors.” - Pastor Brian McMillan

Evangelism and Culture

In the Nov/Dec 2012 Outreach: What Ever Happened to Evangelism? Staying on Message (Larry Osborne), The Question of Evangelism, Compassionate Evangelism (Francis Chan), A Vision for the City (Tim Keller), Influencing Culture (Mark Batterson), and more

The 2012 Outreach 100

The Outreach Magazine/LifeWay Research Special Report on the Largest and Fastest-Growing Churches in America, 2012 edition

The Leadership Issue

In the Sept/Oct Outreach magazine: Learning from the Leaders: How 12 Approach the Challenges; Creating a Culture of Impassioned Volunteers; Making the Investment in 5 Leadership Essentials; and the Outreach interview with Andy Stanley

Small Church America

July/August 2012: Our 4th annual celebration of small highlights the innovations and opportunities, and calls for a renewed commitment to church planting.

Navigating Church Change (May/June 2012)

How the church can thrive despite the challenge of transition ... plus the Charles Jenkins interview.

Outreach Resources of the Year (March/April 2012)

The year's best outreach-oriented books and media ... plus technology and the church and the Bobby Gruenewald interview

Becoming Tomorrow's Church (Jan/Feb 2012)

A New Face for the Church, What Does Missional Look Like? and the Outreach Interview with Louie Giglio

Evangelism (Nov/Dec 2011)

Stories of transformational faith and practical help for all who are passionate about the outreach of the church