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Gay Debate: The Church’s Dangerous Dilemma

The homosexual discussion raises difficult questions for the church. Here's a place to start.

The Stand That Saved My Life: Read and Share This Amazing Testimony

The Gospel is the power of God for salvation, for rebels like me and rebels like you.

5 Key Ingredients That Motivate Someone's First Step Toward Community

Is there a recipe that helps motivate a toe-in-the-water kind of person?

10 Key Lessons ALL Church Planters Need to Know

Church planters, pastors and leaders need to read these 10 powerful lessons.

New People at Church? Great! 7 Do's and Don’ts

Have you been in your church for so long that you’ve forgotten what it’s like to enter the building for the first time?

There’s Nothing Short About Short-Term Missions

Are our short-term “missions” trips really helping the cause of missions?

Pastor: Your Church Needs to Take Back Sunday

Don't settle for less than what you were made for.

Beyond Scared: 5 Reasons We're Afraid to Preach on Giving

What is it about calling people to be generous with money that produces such turmoil?

7 Problems With an Activity-Driven Church

Thom Rainer: "Many of our churches have traded effectiveness for busyness."

Go Ahead, Have a Servant's Heart, but Not One Like This

Leader, this one big roadblock is preventing you from leading a full and vibrant ministry.

How to Minister to Women Who've Lost a Child

Your friend just lost a baby. What do you do? How can you help?

Rethinking 5 Big Biblical Truths for Effective Evangelism

Exponential president Dave Ferguson breaks down the why's and how's of effective evangelism.

3 Things Your Church Can Do to Care for the Poor

Arloa Sutter: "The poor have so much to teach us as we come to recognize our own poverty."

How to Create a Positive Culture in Your Church

A positive, nourishing culture won't happen overnight--it takes time, effort and patience.

How to Kill a Missional Culture: Casting Vision Without Practice

Todd Engstrom: "A vision of the gospel mission without practices is exasperating for people who want to be on mission."

The Effect of Your Life in 1,400 Years

Consider this: What you do today has reverberations that will impact the future for many generations to come.

Intimidated by Evangelism? Here’s How to Share Your Faith

Here is a totally uncomplicated, unintimidating way to share your faith with someone who has never met Jesus.

The #1 Outreach Campaign for Your Church

This article asks the question, What is the best way to impact the community to which God has called us to reach?

Teach the Lost to Snowplow Through All Barriers to Jesus (Here's How)

Tim Gaydos: "What would it look like to live in such a way that the only obstacle to Jesus is Jesus?"

NC Pastor, Paralyzed From Previous Attempted Carjacking, Has Car Stolen From...

A North Carolina pastor suffered the theft of his car from his church parking lot on Thursday, April 18. Pastor Barry Washington said that even though the experience left him feeling “violated,” he still forgave the thief.

Rebecca McLaughlin on Whether Christians Can Agree To Disagree About Same-Sex...

Dr. Rebecca McLaughlin joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about how church leaders can respond to common arguments that use the Bible to affirm same-sex relationships, the “why” behind God’s design for marriage, and the “beautiful and glorious vision” Christianity has for friendship.

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