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4 Outreach Lessons from Steve Sjogren

"I can’t fall in love with the people of the city unless I am around them on a regular basis."

Encounter: Provoking Spiritual Growth

At Gateway Church in Austin, we began a new series called “Encounter: Learning from How Jesus Did Relationships.” This week at the South Campus, I...

125 Tips for MultiSite Churches

My friend, Jim Tomberlin, just released a FREE ebook entitled “125 Tips for MultiSite Churches”. This is a collection of all his ...

Your God is Too Small (Grand Old Man)

In a previous post I introduced the book by British pastor J.B. Phillips “Your God Is Too Small.” For the next several weeks on...

Five Things Mashup

I’m so looking forward to week 2 of “Five Things” which launches tomorrow at all of our Cross Point Campuses. In case you missed last...

How 20 Church Pews Changed My Life

e.piph.a.ny - sudden realization: a sudden intuitive leap of understanding, especially through an ordinary but striking occurrence. It was October, right after September 11th, 2001....

Who’s Your Pastor? (Hint: It’s Not Who You Think It Is)

The role of pastor is perhaps the most prestigious within the American Church. Most of us have had a pastor at one point...

Being Friends with Muslims

Here’s an article written by a Summit Church member and friend Ben DeVan that appeared in the Huffington Post recently about a new way...

John Burke: Taste and See Evangelism

What if we changed our approach to outreach so that it mirrored the pattern Jesus often demonstrated?

Encounter: Overcoming Us vs. Them

At Gateway Church in Austin we began a new series called “Encounter: Learning from How Jesus Did Relationships.”  This week at the South Campus Bruce...

Why Some People Are Almost Always Better Leaders

The following is a guest post from Randy Elrod. Randy hosts a gathering for creatives called re:create – which my worship pastor friends tell...

By Any Other Name

GUEST BLOGGER: Today’s guest post comes from @sonnylemmons who blogs over at Looking Through The Windshield (LookThrough.net.) By Any Other Name If you were to ask...

Were There “Insider Movements” in Early Church?

A recurring theme in missiology is the question of whether a follower of Jesus can remain within the faith community of their birth....

Your God is Too Small (Absolute Perfection)

In a previous post I introduced the book by British pastor J.B. Phillips “Your God Is Too Small.” For the next several weeks on...

Ego Leak

Yesterday, I was doing a little study in Philippians and once again I was floored by these six verses. The application of these...

Leadership Is NOT a Title!

Rewind: Shortcuts have consequences in nearly every single life situation. People will pop pills and try the latest fad diet to do anything to...

Questions for God

I’m a bit of a question-asker. I always have been. I was the little girl, grilling her mom with the never ending “why”? I don’t...

Insights from Church Planting, Patrick and Carter

I am speaking at the churchplanters.com conference in Atlanta, GA. 8 of our potential church planters and campus pastors are here with me....

Freedom Sunday: Uganda

Participate in Freedom Sunday, March 13. Partner with Churches across the globe taking action to end modern-day slavery!

How to Plant a Church

Everything you need to know about church planting in 3 minutes flat.

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.

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