Articles for Outreach & Missions

500 Percent More Second-Time Guests Than the Average Church

If an unchurched person returns time and time again, Bruce notes that a lot of these people (even adults) will trust Christ as their Lord and Savior.

How Can I Forgive Myself?

Have you ever asked the question, "How can I forgive myself?" Well, the most faithful response to this question is to reject it as illegitimate.

Bryan Stevenson’s Primer on Social Justice

“True leadership is measured by how you treat the poor and neglected,” Bryan Stevenson reminds us.

8 Reasons Excellence Must Be Standard for Churches

Everything we do as a church must be done for the glory of God.

5 Ways to Minister to Other Christians This Sunday

According to the book of Romans, every Christian is called upon by God to minister the Word of God to other believers.

What Mark Zuckerberg Knows About Making Disciples

"Mark Zuckerberg and Jesus may have more in common than you think. Both are masters at making disciples—it’s just that Mark may not know it yet."

5 Reasons Church Organizational Changes Fail

The change is a substitute for dealing with people issues.

7 Ways We Put a Not Welcome Sign on Our Church

"None of us would purposely place a 'Closed for Business' sign on our churches—so we must be careful we haven’t done so by our unintentional actions."