Outreach Leaders

As an atheist, I was convinced God did not exist. But then something remarkable happened that changed my life. Trust me: People are open to considering God; they’re hungry for Him. But they want to consider His message on their terms. Here's how your church can respond.

In almost 25 years of studying churches in North America, never have I yet found an evangelistic church that was not led by a strongly evangelistic pastor. Here are 12 characteristics of evangelistic pastors.

Many churches follow a Sunday morning ritual of asking “Who is new?” and then handing out connect cards to visitors. The next step is where many churches go wrong. Either they fail to follow up completely, or they only make a one-time effort to reach out to first-time guests. 

There’s one thing it seems we universally hate: Jesus left his church—his precious blood-bought bride—in the hands of sinful people.

Many people have lost loved ones who didn’t know Christ. Some people argue that people in Heaven won’t know Hell exists. But this would make Heaven’s joy dependent on ignorance, which is nowhere taught in Scripture.

Rick Muchow, longtime worship leader at Saddleback Church, offers these suggestions to how to unite a community and make sure you're doing everything you can to make your team into, well, a team.

We should never confuse our musings and scripture meditation as having the authority of the Bible--far from it! But scripture meditation, when used humbly, can be a valuable tool in applying the Bible to our everyday lives.

There is an environment full of opportunities to be offended by people who drive you crazy. How else can we learn to forgive? It’s called “the church,” and it’s filled with people that will drive you crazy.