Articles for Outreach & Missions

18 Questions to Ask Prospective Church Plant Team Members

The right team members can be a breath of fresh air and a real boon to the ministry.

Cherish: Resetting the Bar of Marriage

Neuroscience tells us that the shelf-life of an infatuation is about twelve to eighteen months. It’s a nice run while it lasts, but when...

Christian Declaration on Caring for Refugees: An Evangelical Response

"Refugees possess the image of God and, as such, are infinitely valuable to God and to us."

When You Feel Like You Love God More Than Your Spouse

One of the strongest tensions from those who are married, on surrender, is this: “I am all in! But my spouse isn't on the same page.”

5 Keys for Leaders to Read the Bible in a Year

Reading the bible all the way through is not in and of itself spiritually significant. But the discipline of spending time in scripture can yield marvelous results. Here's the plan I followed.

Old Testament Redemptive-Ethical Concessions

In his Christian Theistic Ethics, Cornelius Van Til sought to explain Old Testament redemptive-ethical concessions by means of the analogy of a sick child who was not able to receive, all at once, all the medicine that he needed in order to live. Read more about Old Testament ethics.

Those We Lost in 2019 Who Impacted the Kingdom

Deaths in 2019 claimed some of our Christian leaders. These brothers and sisters taught well, led well, and impacted the kingdom with their lives. We were blessed to have had these leaders.

Discipleship Is a Who, Not a What

"As a pastor, I am increasingly burdened that we don’t do a good enough job discipling our people."