Outreach Leaders

Here are 12 walls I’ve observed in my own work and research that prevent abuse survivors from ever telling their story. Creating a safer future – one in which survivors are supported if they choose to tell their story – requires removing many barriers that should have never been built to begin with.

I’ve watched believers—some of them being the most faithful and the most zealous of my friends—Christians abandon the faith, leave the Lord, and veer off into atheism or some other world religion.

I meet a lot of people who say they wouldn’t be caught dead inside of a church building, that their life is too messed up to be embraced by the arms of God, and that their previous failures are too monstrous to be forgiven by the grace of Jesus.

Another significant detail about Jacob’s childhood is that his father named him “Jacob,” a name that in Hebrew means Liar. Can you imagine growing up with a name like this?

Though Jesus gave Himself a number of figurative titles (such as the Good Shepherd and the light of the world), when it came to actually describing His character with specific virtues, there are only two virtues mentioned, and gentleness is one of them.

"You can frame it as church growth if you want, but church growth is directly related to the effectiveness and the health of the church mission"

At the root of everything Jesus did was His prayer life. Jesus deliberately prayed before He acted. #prayer #prayerlife

And the empty tomb is a promise that God will overturn every evil intention by bringing true justice into the world. Justice will roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream (Amos 5:24).