Articles for Outreach & Missions

But I’ve also come to realize people leave churches when things are going well.

Sometimes being a leader feels like living in two different worlds as leaders must think about the future while also executing today. And then there are the emotional challenges of leadership, as being a leader often requires leading with two emotions at once.

I know the reasons we don’t live transparently in the body of Christ. We’re afraid. We’re embarrassed. We don’t want to be a burden. We don’t want to be judged!

81 percent indicated that a very important reason they go to church is “to become closer to God.”

I’m a big believer in recovery from addiction. I’ve seen the power of recovery among friends and family. Yet, I’m also a Christian, and...

Some parents build heaven for their children while others expect their children to be their heaven.

Eric Liddell, missionary and Olympian, died in occupied China at the end of World War II. His story is tragic, but if we look at Eric and his family’s tragedy and see some divine purpose in it, it can help us believe that there is purpose in our own tragedies too.

All pastors and planters should operate under a calling of God, but it does appear to me there are some unique qualifications for those who want to start a church or transition it to grow again.