It's been a year. But Sunday, October 24, is an opportunity for you and everyone from your church to join us in a demonstration of unity and a moment of praise for God's faithfulness.
Ask, Seek, Knock
Three-Fold Message of Salvation
How to Share the Gospel: A Quick Word on Narratives and Themes
Ask these four questions to know what someone really believes.
With the remarkable diversity we find around ourselves today, we can no longer assume we understand someone’s religious background. This is obvious when we talk about discovering and engaging unreached people groups around us. Here are four simple questions to get at the heart of what a person believes—because everyone believes something.
Church Renewal is an Urgent Gospel Issue
People are Searching for "Good News." Let's Give it to Them.
Like most of you, I've spent even more time than normal perusing the news on the internet. In a recent trip through the news feed, I stumbled across an article on a tech website. The headline read: "Google searches for 'good news' are at an all-time high.” Turns out people are searching for the phrase "good news" more than any time since Google began publishing its trends in 2004. For those of us with a gospel message to share, that kind of lay-up is just too good to pass up.
Pastor, Pivot Toward Care This Week
Pastor, this one is not an article on best practices or strategies. This one is a plea from my heart for you and your people. This week, please pivot toward pastoral care. Up to now, we’ve been dealing with logistics as everyone scrambled to deal with the urgency and severity of this moment in our history. This is the week where pastoral care must take absolute priority.
A Theological Framework for Adjusting Church Practice
The following article is part of a collective resource for considering your church’s current practices in light of COVID-19. This collection of articles is designed to help pastors, church leaders, and church members as they forge a path forward. In this article, we consider the question: How do we think about this matter theologically?
COVID-19: Encouragement for Pastors in the Midst of Pandemic
The following article is part of a collective resource for considering your church’s current practices in light of COVID-19. This collection of articles is designed to help pastors, church leaders, and church members as they forge a path forward. This article focuses on: How do we approach this moment with grace and humility?