Articles for Outreach & Missions

As I’ve worked with churches across the country pondering over these issues, I’ve bumped into these sure signs that are evident in churches that aren’t seeing enough first-time guests arriving at their church.

White supremacy is a disease that has taken life and vitality from more non-white people than we’ve begun to imagine, yet it so often runs rampant like an undetected cancer upon our society.

We have been surprised how difficult it is to fit in and connect at a new church. Here are some tips on how to attract, connect, and retain new attendees with the aim to make your church stickier.

What are we to make of evangelicalism's historical "heroes" who carry with them still a tainted legacy of sin?

There are four types of dying churches. While it is sad to watch any church in one of these categories, we need to be aware that this is happening.

All of us have known disappointment from people, some who we love dearly and others we’re barely acquainted with. But whatever the relationship, when they let us down we felt the sting of disappointment.

Fallen leaders are not so foolish as to wake up one day and intentionally throw away their integrity, honor, family and ministry in some abrupt violation of all they knew to be true.

This week make plans to enjoy your life! Do something fun! Ride a roller coaster, plan a vacation, sleep without setting an alarm clock… Or dare I say it…turn off your phone.