Articles for Outreach & Missions

How Can You Live Without Sex?

Is there life without sex? To deny someone sex is not to condemn him or her to an existence empty of intimacy and full of loneliness. Far from it.

4 Reasons Many Don’t Effectively Witness

Evangelism training often focuses more on learning a one-size-fits-all presentation to deliver than on the gospel message and on the people with whom we share.

Six Ways Horizontal Hostility Is Killing the Church

If we end up just gathering into communities of Christians who are just like us and believe like we presently believe, our spiritual growth will be stunted.

Why Pastors Don’t Evangelize

Evangelism is a central task of the Great Commission (Matt. 28:18-20), but many churches don’t do well at this task. In fact, many pastors don’t evangelize much, either.

How to Show Love to Abusive Leaders

"Just as we must never tolerate abusive behavior by a parent or a spouse—just as such evil should never be named among us—so too must evil of this sort never be allowed to gain a foothold."

If We’re So Connected, Then Why Do I Still Feel So Lonely?

"Isolation is not just hiding in a cave alone, it happens in the midst of a crowd and a calendar full of activities."

6 Signs Your Spouse Is Considering Divorce

As a spouse starts pulling away from the marriage, he/she wants to justify the affair and/or their desire to plan a future that doesn’t include you.