An Indelible Mark of Caring: Watermark Community Church
Todd Wagner: “Small-minded leaders focus on programs, and great leaders focus on values.”
Tag: Outreach 100 Church Profiles
Embracing Millennials: Embrace Church
Adam Weber: “People started to tell us, ‘This is what we love so much about your church—you’re just so real.’ … II you tried to create it, it would come off as used car salesman.”
A Healing River: River of Life Christian Church
Tong Liu: “People are broken spiritually and suffer from physical diseases, so we focus on a healing ministry, and that really draws a lot of people to Christ.”
High Impact in Arizona: Impact Church
With God's help, Impact Church has gone from nearly dying to now thriving and expanding. It's the #9 Fastest- Growing Church in the U.S. in 2013.
One Life to Invest: One Life Church
Bret Nicholson: "It's the old thing: If you want to add, develop followers. To multiply, develop leaders. We try to give ownership with leadership.”
A Place to Belong: First Hattiesburg
Jeff Clark: “When we got past losing all the rich people and the community influencers, we exploded in growth. It freed us up to be who we really are: a church for the unchurched.”
Beyond Awesome Coffee: Impact Church
"You won't ever see me or my team swooping out of some green room into the church in our super pastor capes."
Alabama's Dream Team: Church of the Highlands
Plenty of volunteer opportunities, and a system that matches members to the best ministries for them, have contributed to Church of the Highlands ranking as the nation's #6 Fastest-Growing Church.
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.
Outreach … And Grace: theChurch.at
Scott Kingsbury, theChurch.at creative director: "This is a place that broken people come to and know they won't be judged, know it’s a safe place, a place of restoration."