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Church Planters: You Need to Know These 6 Truths

Derwin Gray shares 6 key truths for all church planters.

When You Do Good and It Comes Back to Bite You, Be Encouraged

If you're considering giving up helping others, don't! Read this first.

Your Church Needs a Parking Lot Ministry (No Really, It's Awesome!)

What would happen if your church put greeters in the parking lot instead of at the church doors?

5 Legit Fears of a Church Planter

Church planting comes with a lot of "what-ifs," but don't let them control your success.

There are 2 Questions ALL Leaders Must Ask

Your team knows who you really are; you just need to ask them.

Farmers Get It—Do You? 3 Evangelism Secrets

What can a farmer teach you about evangelism?

Is Your Church Exclusive? (You'd Be Surprised)

"An overemphasis upon a particular 'subculture' will exclude the majority of the types of people who 'should' make up a church."

How to Make God Real to a Skeptical Public

Read these five ways to help others see God moving and working through "Divine Anticipation."

Maybe Jesus Doesn’t Want You to Go on That Mission Trip After All

What would happen if Jesus told you not to go on a mission trip? Do you have a grid for that?

Don’t Do God’s Will Like an Atheist

Loving others in an altruistic way is unbiblical, atheistic and selfish. Here's why.

Your Unchurched Neighbors Don’t Want a Watered-Down Sermon but They Might Want This

Can you craft a message series for unchurched people and still be faithful to scripture?

4 Reasons to Fall in Love With Celtic Christianity

Celtic Christianity has more to offer modern-day Christians than you'd think.

6 Ways Small Churches Can Love Their Communities

You may think your church is too small to make a difference, but it's not true. Here are some great ways to reach out.

The Unintended Consequences of Missional

Church life, made up as it is of a huge number of interactions between mentally, emotionally and spiritually complex creatures, is full of unintended consequences.

7 Reasons You're Not Reaching the People You Want to Reach

"Wanting people to attend and creating a church unchurched people love to attend are two very different things."

Millennials Are Leaving the Church (But Maybe That's OK)

When we say Millennials are leaving, do we mean the Church or the church? The capital letter makes all the difference.

What Farmers Can Teach Us About Evangelism

Farmers know how to harvest ... and we should, too.

Is Jesus Enough for Drug Addicts?

"Of course, it is only a life lived for the glory of God that can offer up any sort of hope or meaning to anybody. But is this enough?"

Why Do You Serve?

Ask yourself: "Do I seek to serve my Master, or myself?"

The Day I Met Jesus Rifling Through a Dumpster

If you look closely enough, you may find Jesus in the most unexpected place.

‘The Church Is Called To Salt, Not Sugar,’ Says Pastor John...

John Amanchukwu Sr. serves as the First Assistant to the Senior Pastor and the Youth Pastor at the Upper Room Church of God in Christ in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Andy Bannister: How Pastors and Churches Can Stop Living as ‘Undercover...

Dr. Andy Bannister joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about how pastors and church members can share their faith boldly, strategically, and without fear.

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