Outreach Leaders

Why go to church when I can watch online? This was a great question posed to me last week by a good friend. There are five important reasons we can all embrace for why we go to church.

I still see leadership meetings at churches where everyone in the room are white males, or others where everyone is a black male. That’s why we need to embrace the positive aspects of diversity – and the sooner the better.

When FedEx Driver Amanda Riggan met a grieving woman in need during her delivery run, she heard God's voice to go back and pray with her. The video went viral.

I had been experiencing doubt about God’s existence and the Christianity I had believed to be true my whole life. But until that moment, I didn’t realize how deeply that doubt had wrapped itself around my mind.

Everyone seems to be talking about millennials, from how they vote to their work and their relationships. It’s a complex generation, and as they enter adulthood, many church leaders are considering how best to minister to young adults.

Pew Research continues to report on the decline of Christianity in America. Many ministries are thinking about big solutions. But when was the last time you talked to a single person about Jesus?

After a two-year study process, our board of elders presented the changes to our church resulting in overwhelming approval, a unanimous vote. A key reason the process went so well was because they ruthlessly practiced leadership transparency.

An outward focused church cares for the congregation, works hard to keep ministries meaningful, but directs a substantial amount of thought, energy and resources to those who are outside the church.