Articles for Outreach & Missions

When my wife, Heather, and I felt God leading us to plant a church, questions flooded our minds. The most pressing was, “Can we do this as a family of seven?” And if so, “How do we prepare our little ones for church planting?”

Is there some action we can take that will propel us down the road of discipline to joy when it comes to the Bible? There is, and it’s a very simple way indeed.

The bringing of order creates the organization but also  simultaneously slows the creative, leadership elements of change. This happens in every organization, but churches resist change even more, or so it seems.

What if God is whispering in the dark? There’s reason to think so. In the darkness of difficulties and fear, God is speaking. Hearing God is possible, even in the dark.

It's time to wake up to the need for church revival and spiritual awakening. It's time to answer the Holy Spirit's wake up call!

If you wondered about the importance of "grace" in biblical theology, it’s pretty revelatory to see the word appearing 116 times in the New Testament.

If challenges only grow and get more complicated when we push them aside, then we need to start confronting them systematically. Here are a few steps that will help you overcome  challenges that keep creeping up in your ministry.

Thousands of working women are leaving their churches because they feel their church “just doesn’t get me.” And, as working women leave their churches, they’re taking their husbands, children, desire to serve and even their pocketbooks with them.