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When ‘Equipping’ Isn’t Enough

Ben Connelly -
If our churches’ equipping efforts stop at ‘learn, repeat,’ essentially, we are training parrots.
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Kyle Strobel: Power in Weakness

Dale Chamberlain -
“Christians should become powerful Christians. But it’s only ever a power made perfect in our weakness, and it’s only ever a power that comes from God.”
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Right Gear, Right Time

Joseph Cottle -
Keeping the gospel central is what keeps a church healthy and growing, not extravagant AVL productions.
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North Jersey Vineyard Church: The Edge of Ministry

Joseph Cottle -
The congregation is about 25% white, 40% Latino, 20% Asian and 15% to 20% African American and African. Eighty different nationalities are represented in the church, and 475 people made first-time commitments to Jesus during services in 2024.
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David Uth: Loving People One at a Time

Jessica Mouser -
“The more central the gospel becomes in your ministry, the more you can fly above all of that division because the gospel transcends it.” -Pastor David Uth
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Oak Park Church: Outreach in the City

Jessica Hanewinckel -
Rather than solely coming alongside communities following major natural disasters, the church decided to use the ministry’s life-saving—and life-giving—equipment year-round.
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First Baptist Leesburg: More Than Sunday Morning

Christy Heitger-Ewing -
“We minister to the broken people in our community through many ministries, and we attract a lot of people who want to join our church because of our ministries,” says Art Ayris, executive pastor of administration at First Baptist.
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Fastest-Growing Churches: Lessons From the Front Lines

Scott McConnell -
“People see “big C” church as judgy, legalistic rules. If we can work together and show the opposite of that, I feel like that’s our role: to rewrite the narrative of church based on serving.” —Meghan Smith, Trace Church
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Evangel Church: Never Stop Serving

Christy Heitger-Ewing -
Last year, Evangel started a church two hours away inside the largest women’s prison in New York. A pastor and a team go every Thursday to share a message, preach and lead worship for the prisoners.
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David Kinnaman: Start the Conversation

David Kinnaman -
Church leaders must recognize that what feels hidden is actually hurting people, and that discipleship includes helping people break free from destructive patterns.
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Hills Church: New Name, Same Mission

Leann Callaway -
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.
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