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Successful Church Revitalization

At the recent Advance the Church Conference in Raleigh, NC, I sat down with J.D. Greear, Pastor of the Summit Church, to talk...

Approval Addiction

I’m continually amazed at the crazy things we do in an attempt to find approval and love from the people around us. Some of you...

Do You Really Want to Grow? The Why Behind Hiring a Secret Shopper

I get asked often how I keep staying busy doing secret shopper visits with churches around the country. The truth is there is...

U.S. Muslims Give Pakistan Flood Donation to Christian Agency

Sometimes tragedies bring us together.  Check out this article from the Christian Post: “A U.S. Muslim group decided to help Pakistani flood victims through a...

Temptation of a Shepherd: Hiding From God

This is from The Resurgence’s article adapted from Darrin Patrick's book Church Planter: The Man, the Message, the Mission, available now. Many pastors use their...

Two Voices

Most of my life, I’ve been told how important accountability is. I agree, it’s important. Very important, in fact. I’ve always sought to have people...

Get to Know Parable Creative

I wanted to re-introduce you to Parable Creative, an organization that I support, believe in and am on the board of. They ...

Free Book Chapter: A World of Difference, by Kenneth Samples

"The Christian worldview highly values logic and rationality, which find their source and ground in God."

Rick Warren on the AIDS Crisis

We can stop AIDS. It is a preventable disease. It isn’t good enough to manage it.

When It is OK to Be Stubborn

From Ezekiel 3:4-11: “God then said to me: ‘Son of man, go now to the house of Israel and speak my words to them…. ...

Best Books on Movements

I’ve published a list of what I regard as the top books on Movements. A mixture of biblical, sociological, organizational, and historical studies. Happy reading!

Students Suspended for Donut Outreach

Christian students are disciplined for distributing donuts to teachers along with Bible verses.

Sun Stand Still Blog Tour

I was very happy to receive my copy of Sun Stand Still in the mail a couple of weeks ago. I knew Steven Furtick...

Mentoring and Transforming Others…

“Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make...

Meet a Church Planter | John Bryson

John Bryson | Lead Pastor of Fellowship Memphis | Memphis, TN Call To Plant Fellowship Memphis started in 2003 in a living room with 30...

Nudge by Leonard Sweet

Yesterday, I noticed my friend, Spencer Burke, tweeting about his interview with another friend of mine, Leonard Sweet. This conversation and Sweet’s...

Free Resource: Culturally Relevant Ministry in Postmodern World, by Ed Stetzer

"Postmoderns do not fit in a nice little cultural box, but they need to be reached with the gospel of Jesus Christ."

Exclusive Interview with Shaun King

We talk to King about TwitChange, his idea to raise funds for Haiti using Twitter and celebrities.

Beating Bitterness

By Dustin Neeley, A29 member and planter of The Crossing Church, in Louisville, Kentucky. He also runs “Church Planting for the Rest of Us,”...

The Rising Tide of Chinese Christianity

NPR reports on one of the most amazing advances in the history of the Christian movement. The missionaries planted the seed of the gospel but...

Remains of Pastor’s Wife and Friend Identified; OK County GOP Chair...

News surfaced this week that Tifany Machel Adams is the GOP chair for Cimarron County, Oklahoma. Adams is one of four suspects charged with kidnapping and murdering pastor's wife Jilian Kelley and Kelley's friend Veronica Butler.

Rebecca McLaughlin on Whether Christians Can Agree To Disagree About Same-Sex...

Dr. Rebecca McLaughlin joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about how church leaders can respond to common arguments that use the Bible to affirm same-sex relationships, the “why” behind God’s design for marriage, and the “beautiful and glorious vision” Christianity has for friendship.

Outreach Leaders