Recent Issues

Cultivate a Heart for Evangelism in Your Church

Evangelism is not an add-on to our ministries. It is the very heart of our calling.

Fight Church: A Fighting Chance

“Here was a people group that wasn’t being served by any form of chaplaincy like many major sports have,” says Pastor Joshua Boyd, of the local MMA community. “And they needed care just like anyone else.”

Nigerian Church Promotes a Deeper Christian Life

A. Larry Ross, who traveled the world for nearly 34 years as personal media spokesman for evangelist Billy Graham, says the new epicenter for evangelism is the Global South and Nigerian evangelist William Kumuyi as the pastor of “the largest church of which most American Christians have never heard.”

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

The 2011 Outreach 100

The Outreach Magazine/LifeWay Research Special Report on the Largest and Fastest-Growing Churches in America, 2011 edition

Sept/Oct 2011: The Leadership Issue

Perspective from Wayne Cordeiro, Alan Hirsch, Craig Groeschel, Dave Gibbons, Larry Osborne, John Maxwell and more than 30 other leaders.

July/Aug 2011: Small Church America

The Equation of Success, The Big Challenge of Small, Voices From the Front Line

May/June 2011: The Culture and the Church

Flash Points in the Culture War