How does your online church fit with your local church? In this week’s podcast, we are joined by James Eaton, Online Director of Highlands Fellowship. James provides us with some…
By John Poitevent As the Outward Focus Pastor at Christ the King Church in Bellingham, Washington, Wendy Powell began to examine their local outreaches in light of the missions strategy…
by Brian Mavis, co-author of The Neighboring Church, by Rick Rusaw & Brian Mavis When I felt called to ministry as a twenty-year-old, what I was signing up for was…
Brought to you by Compassion International by Eric Swanson We’ve all heard the news; the number of people who are attending churches in the U.S. is in decline. For the…
As you enter 2016 it is helpful to put everything you do in your church into one of three boxes: Box 1 represents THE PRESENT and contains all the stuff…
By N. Doug Gamble, Pastor of Mission Partnerships, Crossroads Fellowship, Raleigh, NC Untapped outreach possibilities lie just beyond the church doors. Some go unseen because they aren’t well publicized. Many…
By Warren Bird Pastor Chris Brown with a group of Compassion International kids after after a speaking at a…
Leadership Network’s concept paper, Strategies for Investing in Your Community: How Churches are Leveraging Their Impact, previously published by Krista Petty, shows how externally focused churches take the resources they…