Outreach Leaders

An Inch Away From Eternity

Each of us will face death. But not everyone is prepared for what happens next. Here’s how to be ready.

4 Ways to Successfully Navigate Change

The more collaborative your evaluation process, the more successfully you can navigate change.

Why Good People Fight Change

People fight change by tending to band together and attack anything new. Sometimes they’re supported by an old style union, their knowledge of company rules, or traditional grants and funding models.

5 Reasons People Are Drifting From Church

There’s a big difference between missing a Sunday and disconnecting from your church. There are key reasons people are drifting from church.

Church Planting in Inner-City Contexts: 3 Tensions To Navigate

There is a misnomer in church planting, and it’s this: inner-city church planting is just a subset of the broader church planting movement.

The Cobra Effect: How Leaders Can Avoid Unnecessary Bad Decisions

Also known as “perverse incentives," the Cobra Effect is when leaders make situations worse after their decisions cause unintended consequences.

Our Lord’s Surprising Secret to the Power of Prayer

After Jesus provided a sample prayer, he continued with seven simple words that can forever change our ideas about the power of prayer.

10 Things That Your Missionary Will Not Tell You

Ask a missionary about some of these things sometime. You will not read about these challenges in the support letters you receive from your missionary friends.