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Friendship Is Better Than Networking

"Stop asking people to help you and start asking how you can help them."

From Desiring God: Taking Homosexual Sin to Church

Unpacking the popular new song "Take Me to Church" and what it means for the church.

10 Things Visitors Want to See at Your Church

It takes more than just smiling faces and handshakes.

7 Things Your Church Needs From You

Find the way you can serve your church, and serve there without fail, without excuse, without praise.

Top 10 Ways Churches Drive Away First-Time Guests

A first time guest shows up for a worship service, but then never returns. It is, unfortunately, a common issue in many churches.

Stop ‘Smurfing’ the Gospel

Are you preaching the gospel, or the gospel according to The Smurfs?

7 Signs Your Church Is Making Inroads With Unchurched People

Preparing to reach the unchurched and ACTUALLY reaching them are two different things.

We Are the Church, and We CAN Do Better

It's no secret that church culture gets bad rapport. It's time to step up our game.

4 Ways Immigration Impacts the Church Mission

"For the gospel’s sake, let’s consider both the challenge and opportunity that lie before us."

3 Things to Do When You’re Weary of Doing Good

God is whispering to you, "Don't grow weary, for in due season you will reap."

Making the Most of Turkey Time: Thanksgiving on Mission

Ten ways to prepare your heart to love others well this Thanksgiving.

Stop Apologizing for God

“Here’s the beautiful irony: making God strange actually enables us to know him more." - Drew Dyck

5 Intriguing Reasons Why People Are Leaving Your Church

It's a lot more complicated than that they just "don't like it."

10 Reflections After 5 Years in Ministry

Through all the ups and downs of ministry, God has been faithful.

Whom God Saves, God Seals

And whom God seals, He saves completely and eternally.

2 Reasons Why You Sometimes Neglect Your Church

Sometimes it's hard to get involved in church, but by doing that you're forgetting two big things.

Why You Shouldn't Give Up on the Church

The church is a messy place by nature. But it is a messy place designed by God to be his face to the world.

‘The Church Is Called To Salt, Not Sugar,’ Says Pastor John...

John Amanchukwu Sr. serves as the First Assistant to the Senior Pastor and the Youth Pastor at the Upper Room Church of God in Christ in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Andy Bannister: How Pastors and Churches Can Stop Living as ‘Undercover...

Dr. Andy Bannister joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about how pastors and church members can share their faith boldly, strategically, and without fear.

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