Recent Issues

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 Easter Illusion

Easter exposes the gap between attendance and belonging, between membership and engagement, between connection and discipleship.

A Beautiful Reunion

If discipleship does not lead to evangelism, we should ask ourselves, "Who am I really following?"

Alan Briggs: Spiritual Practical Ministry Tasks?

I found myself getting swallowed by the practical and what I considered unspiritual ministry tasks. Somehow I never got to the good things. I was doing subpar work, and it was wearing me down.

Leading a Church Alone

God has called you to the place where you are, and if hes called you there, then he has a reason for you to be leading a church alone.

Tim Keller: More Than Being Right About Forgiveness

There are a lot of churches that have started or have grown through anger. The problem is churches that start on the basis of what theyre opposed to dont last. Tim Keller's thoughts on forgiveness offer a deeper perspective.

Is Modern Evangelism Approach a Lost Cause?

No person is ever too far from God to be restored into right relationship with him through a modern evangelism approach.

Ed Stetzer: The Elephants in the Room of Making Disciples Evangelism

We need a renewed attention on intimacy with Jesus over efficiency with our smartphones, especially regarding making disciples evangelism.

Richard J. Foster: A Lesson in Seeking 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 Future Church Narrative

The greatest challenge for church leaders is to tell the future church narrative in a way that is beautiful and life-giving to a generation that sees the world through a lens of anxiousness and division.