Articles for Outreach & Missions

Here’s something interesting: The word “revival” is never mentioned in the New Testament—not even once. Maybe it’s because what we call revival God calls Standard Operating Procedure.

In my practice as a coach and consultant, one of the most common things I see is not the inability to make a good strategy; it’s the inattention to following through with it.

I’ve been asked the difference in being a leader of leaders and leading followers. It’s one of my favorite questions. The question ultimately points to a paradigm of leading people by which I try to lead.

Thom Rainer shares the results of a study on what makes nonchurched people come to church.

Charles H. Spurgeon's passion for his city can teach us a great deal about how to love our own well. Life is too short, hell is too real, and eternity is too long not to live with a relentless pursuit of God’s global mission.

One of the tensions many of us wrestle with as leaders who are trying to help your church change happens when people tell us: I want our church to grow. I just don’t want it to change.

Today, decide to pursue intimacy with God. It’s not until we make space for intimacy that we discover it. We find intimacy with God -- and others when we choose into it.

Distraction is not defeated in a few fell blows, but by many small, habitual ones. Therefore, I will not promise to provide you in...