Articles for Outreach & Missions

In some movements the Holy Spirit is overemphasized, leading to a Christless Pentecost. In other denominations and movements, the Spirit is but a footnote, an afterthought, even a stranger. What follows are 50 things the Holy Spirit does according to the New Testament.

This definition of faith brings together two contradictory ideas. First, faith is said to be like a firm foundation. Foundations are solid, often concrete. You can see, feel, and touch a foundation—there’s no question it exists.

The Christian dating principles we follow are extremely important because they have the potential to transform lives and shape eternities. With that in mind, here are 10 important guidelines for Christian dating.

We often think that business and church are opposites: it’s about money (business), or it’s about people (church). But is it possible to run the church as a business?

Here are 12 walls I’ve observed in my own work and research that prevent abuse survivors from ever telling their story. Creating a safer future – one in which survivors are supported if they choose to tell their story – requires removing many barriers that should have never been built to begin with.

I’ve watched believers—some of them being the most faithful and the most zealous of my friends—Christians abandon the faith, leave the Lord, and veer off into atheism or some other world religion.

I meet a lot of people who say they wouldn’t be caught dead inside of a church building, that their life is too messed up to be embraced by the arms of God, and that their previous failures are too monstrous to be forgiven by the grace of Jesus.

Another significant detail about Jacob’s childhood is that his father named him “Jacob,” a name that in Hebrew means Liar. Can you imagine growing up with a name like this?