Interviews

Joel Muddamalle: Total Dependence

We think humility is an invitation for people to walk all over us, for endless suffering, to be left out. Yet the Bible doesn’t present that at all.

Léonce B. Crump Jr.: Recovering Resilience

Trust is built when there is an opportunity to have a catalytic moment where someone shares their story, where you see into that person.

David Kinnaman: Living Out the Gospel in Digital Babylon

The promise of Jesus is for this life and the life to come. There’s an opportunity that we have in this moment of spiritual openness that Jesus is well-regarded and well-liked and he seems to be beckoning people.

Stephen Witmer: A Vision for Small-Town Ministry—Part 2

We should want bigger and faster more and need it less.

Stay Salt: A Conversation With Rebecca Manley Pippert

When I wrote Out of the Saltshaker 40 years ago, it was such a different world. What’s changed today? Well, we’re dealing with the...

Aaron Burke: Close the ‘Back Door’

"The invite culture has also grown at our church and people feel comfortable bringing their friends."

Curt Seaburg: Embracing Our Online Campus

Up to this point, using videoconferencing was a rarity. Now, we are embracing it at a whole new level.

Kevin Geer: Help People Experience Jesus

"When leading in a time of change and uncertainty when everyone is trying to understand what the new reality is, it’s important to draw people's attention to what is not changing."

Michael Fletcher: Leverage Small Groups

"People need content, but they also need connection. Disciples are made in small groups."

Jeff Bogue: Pray for Your 3

"We strongly believe that the relational tie is the tie that will help to bring about healing and start to make a long-term difference in our community."

Dean Fulks: Learning to Communicate Better

"We streamlined our communication process so that it became more consistent. We knew that we had to be abundantly clear about the hearer’s best next step."