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How to Reach Out to Your Mormon Neighbors

What's the best way to show Christ's love to our Mormon friends and neighbors?

Do We Neglect the Sick and Dying?

Why has visiting hospitals to care for the sick and dying become a lost art for next-gen pastors?

What's Discipleship All About, and Why Does Everyone Keep Talking About It?

Discipleship isn't just about growing or "going"—it's about both.

The 7 Most Influential Ways to Spend Your Money

If we invested our money in these areas, we'd see incredible Kingdom impact.

Who Needs the Church Anyway?

Do you sometimes catch yourself thinking you'd rather not go to church? This article is for you.

Are You Selfishly Serving Others? (It's Not an Oxymoron)

Take some time to check your motivation for serving others. In the end, you'll be better for it.

Thom Schultz: Why I Never Say, “Don’t Serve Outside Our Church”

Is your refusal to encourage your flock to serve outside the church walls hurting your ministry?

When You Shouldn’t “Just Get Used to It”

Just as you can drift into habituation, you can also fight your way out of it.

35 Years in Church and I Still Don’t Know How to Respond to Poverty

Why I still don't know what to do when I see a man on the side of the road with a cardboard sign.

How to Kill Your Church Plant in 3 Easy Steps

Church planting is tough, but avoid these three things and you'll be better equipped to tackle anything.

12 Ways to Reach Postmoderns With the Gospel

The church has effective tools at our disposal to communicate Christ to this postmodern world.

The Day I Came Face-to-Face With Sex Trafficking

Sex trafficking happens in the most unlikely places, and often in the open. We cannot be blind to it anymore.

Stop Trying to Be Radical (It's Not Working)

"Radical can act like a backhoe that digs up the maturation of roots, avoiding the terror of staying put."

It's OK, People SHOULD Be Offended by the Cross

"If you’ve never tasted the cross as offensive, you’ve missed something essential."

Harnessing the Power of Social Media to Plant a Church

Social media doesn't need to be confusing. Use this handy guide to figure out how to maximize it for outreach.

Let's Hear It for the Small Church (Why Small = Awesome)

Scottish church planter, Mez McConnell, divulges his top seven secrets to ministering well as a small church leader.

You Can't Reach Everybody … and That's OK

Your church appeals to certain people from certain demographics in certain areas of your city ... and that's perfectly OK.

How to Do Outreach With the Gospel in Mind

Leaders, are you subtly preaching good works above the gospel?

3 Reasons Christians *Should* Look for Love in All the Wrong Places

Are you more focused on changing people than loving them?

7 Ways to Do Missions in the Suburbs

Death by suburbs doesn't have to be the story for your ministry. Here are some simple ways to make it work.

Steve Robinson: How To Create a Culture of Service in Your...

Steve Robinson joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about how church leaders can foster a culture of serving in their churches, raise up new leaders, and help people discover their giftings.

Articles for Outreach & Missions