Recent Issues

Hills Church: New Name, Same Mission

Hills Church has grown, in part, due to Marksman—a strategy for men focused on reaching and discipling other men that includes a 6-week Bible study boot camp.

Mike Housholder: The Wind of the Spirit

“Churches are called to make their cities better. The best way to do that is to genuinely and authentically love our neighbors. If there are needs in our community, we want to get involved.” - Pastor Mike Housholder

My Top 5 Books on Evangelism

The spiritual discipline of evangelism requires a faithful walk with the Lord, intentionality, understanding contexts, and connecting with people far from God.

Community Transformation

In the May/June issue: Redeeming a ZIP code, One Question with Efrem Smith, principles of community engagement and the Outreach Interview: Matt Carter, and more

Resources of the Year

In the March/April issue: The year's best books and media, the story of the BIble, rediscovering discipleship, and the Outreach interview: Francis Chan and David Platt

10th Anniversary Issue

In the Jan/Feb 2013 issue: Enduring Ideas From 10 Years of Outreach, Emerging Leaders, Turnaround Churches, The Outreach Interview: Rick Warren, and more

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.