3 Things We Need to Live by God’s Spirit
"When we put willpower or conformity before God’s Spirit, we struggle with God's grace."
Tag: Outreach 100 Churches
5 Crucial Challenges to the American Megachurch
Warren Bird: Five unique challenges that face megachurches—and what all church leaders can learn from them.
“The Pastor Had a Passion for What He Was Teaching”—Lessons From a Mystery Visit
An unchurched person reports on an unannounced visit to a local church. Could it be yours?
3 Keys to Engaging a Post-Church Culture
Lessons from this year's Outreach magazine/LifeWay Research survey of large, fast-growing churches.
John Van Pay: The Simplicity of America’s Fastest-Growing Church—Part 1
"If you can stay the course, you see the lives of people change and that changes everything in the church.”
John Van Pay: The Simplicity of America’s Fastest-Growing Church—Part 2
“The simplicity of our model trusts that kingdom work happens best when our small groups are unleashed and not managed.”
Gateway Fellowship Church: The Fastest-Growing Church in America, 2016
“The No. 1 reason for our growth is our passion for discipleship,” says Senior Pastor John Van Pay.
Life Church Green Bay: No. 2 Fastest-Growing Church, 2016
"We had more than 1,200 salvations last year, and our growth has been 90 percent new believers.”
Tabernacle of Praise Church International: No. 3 Fastest-Growing Church, 2016
Pastor T.J. McBride is man with a vision: to reach lost souls for Jesus Christ that all men may be saved by any means necessary.
Red Rocks Church: No. 4 Fastest-Growing Church, 2016
“Our purpose is to ‘make heaven more crowded’ by being the front porch for prodigals to come home.”