Books

How do you lose 7 million people? That was the question the worlds largest Protestant denomination, Southern Baptists, asked themselves at their annual convention in 2018. After two years of leading a team of pastors and ministry leaders who made up a disciple-making task force, I (Robby) couldnt believe our findings about losing church members. As shocking as it […]

Excerpted FromDiscover Your True SelfBy Chip Ingram Let me ask you a couple of very important questions about your identity. First, what is your image of God? A.W. Tozer taught us that we tend by a secret law of the soul to move toward our mental image of God. He also said that what comes […]

Excerpted FromThe Way Up Is DownBy Marlena Graves If I want to be full, open to receiving abundant gracemore human, selflessfirst I must be emptied. He must increase, and I must decrease (John 3:30). The word I discovered is kenosis. Oh, its not that I never heard the word. On the contrary, Im quite familiar with the concept of kenosis self-emptying […]

Excerpted FromNot Done YetBy Beth Seversen The small percent of young adults growing in their faith stand out in a culture of indifference and disillusionment. And this has led me to uncover a new script being written in certain churches scattered across North America. When researching my own denomination, the Evangelical Covenant Church, I discovered […]