Outreach Leaders

Top 7 Reasons Guests Come Back to Church

What are the most common reasons people come back to church after their first visit or two? Put your energy here.

Sorrowful but Rejoicing Always

Along with the great joy from this season, it was also full of pain. And it’s hit on many levels. In them all I learned what it meant to be sorrowful but rejoicing.

Effective Prayers for Evangelism

Prayers for evangelism not only opens the door for effective outreach but it also prepares our hearts to evangelize more effectively.

Is Your Use of ‘Christian Lingo’ Keeping People From Understanding You?

I write frequently about making sure that in our scripts and programming, we stop the “Christian Lingo” and speak in a language and style the culture understands. Here's a perfect example.

Is Being Rich a Sin?

Money. Loot. Moola. Scratch. Greenbacks. Dough. Bank. Benjamins. Wad. Shekels. Bills. Dead presidents. Is being rich a sin?

Do Your Emails Make Matters Worse?

If you want to make matters worse with people you know or within your organization or church, these 12 practices will definitely get the results you want.

When Is Satan’s Birthday? (And Other Halloween Issues)

“Daddy, when is satan's birthday? Is Halloween Satan’s birthday party?” I laughed out loud and said, “No. Satan doesn’t have a birthday party because Satan was never born.

8 Reasons People Are Leaving Denominational Churches for Non-Denominational Churches

Though the information is now a decade old, it still seemed highly relevant today. In essence, the data showed that non-denominational churches are now the second largest Protestant group in America.