What I'm Learning: My Best Advice on Soul-Care
Larry Osborne: "The best advice I’ve ever received was that I had nothing to prove and no one to impress."
Tag: Offer
Try This: Collect Food for Your Local Food Pantry at Grocery Stores
Offer a free reusable shopping bag in exchange for a donation
Jackie White: Beyond the Pulpit, Outside the Walls
"We do a poor job representing Christ when all we do is preach."
Try This: Give Single Parents a Break
Host single parents in the community for an evening.
First Things First: Northview Church
Guests receive personalized VIP service at the nation's #5 Fastest-Growing Church, and it's causing people to stick around.
Send a Welcome Video to New Attendees
Idea Starter: Email a video of the pastor or church members saying ‘thanks for coming’
Reshaping the American Megachurch
What are the trends among the country’s largest congregations?
Try This: Go Christmas Caroling
Caroling may be an old practice, but no one seems to do it anymore—change that!
The Neighborhood and the Nations
When it comes to issues like extreme poverty, HIV, economic development and education, does the American church have a new responsibility? One we didn’t have just a few years ago?
Lee Powell: When God Is at Work
“Is there real, genuine community happening in life groups? Are the baptisms real conversions? You have to keep asking all those questions.”
