Articles for Outreach & Missions

A healthy church is committed to global missions. The Great Commission demands such a commitment. Today, use these questions to ask if your church has willingly accepted that mandate.

However, the more you talk about things in Sunday announcements, the less effective the messaging for everything is. You need some solid ways to say “no” to other ministry leaders by providing alternative communication channels.

This is not our home. As believers, we are called by God to train our minds and hearts to firmly latch onto the biblical teaching that we are passing through this world as pilgrims and strangers. We can never allow ourselves to become comfortable here.

The word mission itself comes from the Latin verb missio, which means "to send." So, literally, missions has to do with sending.

The team behind He Gets Us is using surprising and relatable moments from Jesus' story to meet people where they are and turn their notion of a "Christian message" on its head.

Then I saw it. Down in the corner the small print said, “Results may vary.” Ahh. Yes, indeed. Results may vary. The old “caveat emptor.” Let the buyer beware.

Dallas Willard said Christians are mean in proportion to when they value being “right” over being “like Christ.”

Loss is a debilitating feeling. Something as simple as losing your keys creates anxiety and unsettledness until they are found. The loss of a job triggers fears, insecurities and doubts, the feeling of being abandoned by God.