Articles for Outreach & Missions

We all want biblical and life-changing experiences of the power of God. More importantly, God wants us to have extraordinary and Christ-honoring experiences of His power. But, the “worship effects” we try to create and often tout might be a far cry from what He has promised and desires to provide.

We live in a world that values hard work, achievement and success. Most of us have experienced the pressure to perform.

Leadership isn’t easy, but it’s one of the most rewarding endeavors imaginable. Leadership is more art than science, more fluid than structured, and more messy than clean. Therefore, any help we can get for a quick check-up is helpful.

The functional Great Commission in North America: Go into all the world and make more worship attenders, baptizing them in the name of small groups, and teaching them to volunteer a few times a month.

If we take most of the Bible literally, it can be tempting to believe that the Bible and science are at odds with one another.

Spiritual abuse is subtle. Josh Weidmann offers some tips from his experience with abuse that will show you how it operates.

My grandmother subverted the self-asserting agenda of “Nevertheless, She Persisted” in favor of a higher calling: “Nevertheless, She Persisted in Christ.”

When deciding what needs to be changed and how to change it, David and his team think of it in terms of “wells.”