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How to Leverage Existing Ministries for Outreach

“You could launch new outreach ministries without removing any existing ministries, increasing your budget or adding staff.”

One Church’s Story of Transformation

We waited as each church went through the 30-day jumpstart. Then we heard the stories.

Charlie Dates: The Indestructible Power of the Gospel

Jesus lived 33 years, walking on water as it recognized its creator King and became a solid. He turned water into wine. He welcomed sinners and the marginalized into his company. And then, he died—that is, until death died. Until sin apologized. Until the earth rocked and reeled like a drunken man. Until the sun could no longer stand seeing its own creator crucified to a tree, so it pulled the shade across the noonday. They laid him in a borrowed tomb, but early Sunday morning, before the sun got up, the Son pulled one foot out of eternity, stepped back into time, and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me” (Matt. 28:18).

Are You Looking Forward to the Earth’s Redemption?

The “redemption of our bodies” refers to the resurrection of the dead. Paul says that not only we, but “the whole creation” longs for and cries out for the earth-wide deliverance that will come with our bodily resurrection.

Focus on Just One Person to Reverse the Decline of Christianity

When was the last time you talked to a single person about Jesus? When was the last time you mentioned to your waiter or waitress that you came to the restaurant from church, and see where that conversation went?

Try These 5 Tips to Value Your Leadership Team

Praise for effort keeps your team open to grow whereas praise for attributes can sometimes cause the person to become static in order to protect those attributes.

Scott Sauls: Sanctifying Suffering

Having not experienced hurt or loss or pain or suffering is not a cause for guilt and shame at all. It’s a cause for thanksgiving.

5 Characteristics That Set Apart Sending Churches

What does an effective sending church look like?

What Does God Enjoy?

Does the Lord ever summon an angel in and say, “Look at that waterfall! And take a gander at those butterflies. Didn’t we do good?”

How to Thrive in Bivocational Ministry

Hint: It's not doing two things poorly.

A TikTok Revival: How 3,000 People Accepted Christ

“I’m seeing a real longing and a better conception of what repentance means,” he told Think Eternity. “What I'm seeing when I say revival is not superficial. You know, it's like real repentance and people really turning to Jesus.”