Articles for Outreach & Missions

Are You Willing to Face Danger for God’s Work?

Doing justice is God’s love in action, whatever the danger it presents.

A Safe Place for Victims of Abuse

Too often, victims suffer more from their faith community’s ignorance, lack of empathy and the rush to quickly fix things, leaving deep and lasting wounds to someone already hurting.

Stay the Course: Keeping a Church Evangelistically Focused After the Launch

The marathon comes from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek messenger who was sent from the Battle of Marathon to Athens—26 miles away—to inform the Greeks...

Gospel and Religion: Why the Gospel Teaches the Opposite of Religion

Religion can turn you into a really bad person. Believe it or not, Bill Maher, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins and the Apostle Paul agree...

7 Things Bad Leaders Say to Themselves (and to Their Team)

Leadership is difficult—you have to overcome obstacles that non-leaders never tackle, AND you have to then lead other people through them. It's important we're aware of what bad leaders say to themselves matters so that we can avoid these habits ourselves.

Why Are People Less Interested in Attending Your Church?

What’s extraordinary today will feel ordinary over time. The employees at Disney suffer from this law. People who live at the beach suffer from this reality. And so do the people attending your church.

Temptation: Helping People Change Their Autopilot

We’re all tempted by something. It’s proof of being alive. If you’re not tempted, you’re not breathing. So the question isn’t, “Are you tempted?” The...

Missionaries You Should Know: Betsey Stockton

Betsey Stockton, the first single woman missionary in the modern mission era, was born in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1798.