A Prayer for Love
This prayer can help us keep our focus on our neighbor.
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This prayer can help us keep our focus on our neighbor.
In Charles Olson's book, Transforming Church Boards into Communities of Spiritual Leaders, he asks: what if there is another way of looking at the work of the church council?
Mark Noll’s powerful and insightful book The Civil War as a Theological Crisis resonates with struggles of our day.
A Prayer for God's work in us to make us one, as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are one.
Taking words from James Baldwin, Robert P. Jones' new book holds that white Christians have been white too long.
At the beginning of COVID-19, Andy Crouch wrote about churches preparing for a blizzard, winter, and a mini ice age. Here's a tool to help churches be ready.
In the conversation about the church health, 22 key questions can provide lots of good information.
Aimee Byrd's recent book on recovering from Biblical manhood and womanhood takes on gender stereotypes in the church.
Kristin Kobes Du Mez's book Jesus and John Wayne helps evangelicals to see their family story.
N.T. Wright is less concerned about the "why" of the Pandemic and more concerned about the "what" of the Christian response.
In the first of the Church Now conversations, Ed Stetzer spoke about the church’s response to COVID-19 and the killing of George Floyd.
David Swanson's book is a powerful statement on the central place of discipleship in reshaping the church.
Church Now Conversations offer an opportunity to reflect on how to live in our present days and help the local church take fresh steps in ministry and mission in the midst of difficult times.
God has a place for congregations in the kingdom that He is revealing. Here's how to gain clarity on how well your congregation is living into that mission.
Looking to grow your church? Likely, you have people living close by who would love to get involved.
Many protestant versions of the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers are missionally inadequate: priestly functions are often monopolized by the ministerial priesthood.
Want to lead your council into a meaningful conversation about the health of your congregation? Here is a series of council devotionals to help you do that.
One small word can change the entire paradigm of missions at your church. Don’t believe me? Read on!
Resources have recently been gathered for the process of affiliation of congregations. Please use and share!
Much has been written to praise and critique Alan Hirsch’s book 5Q; Reactivating the Original Intelligence and Capacity of the Body of Christ. Despite what is being said, I find Hirsch to be particularly compelling on a couple points.
What is the power of the Church in the world? This book explores Abraham Kuyper's understanding of this important question.
We may wish we could magically create a mission-shaped congregation with one event, one sermon, or one service-project. However, like our new year’s resolutions, becoming a mission-shaped congregation takes many small steps, all headed in the right direction.
Paas’ book is a wonderful crossover volume that speaks about church planting but connects deeply with church renewal.
In the book Growing the Church in the Power of the Holy Spirit, Brad Long, Paul Stokes, and Cindy Strickler share their experiences and learnings to help lead other people into a meaningful dance with the Holy Spirit.
Published in 1993, this book is powerfully prophetic concerning the direction of the Evangelical church over the past 25 years.