Friday's Catch: "How to Overcome Barriers to the Simple Church Model" and More

How to Overcome Barriers to the Simple Church Model - Rainer on Leadership #401 [Podcast]

Complexity cripples too many churches. They want to simplify, but don’t know where to start. Today, we identify barriers to simplifying your church. Listen Now

5 Books Every Church Planter Should Read

Here are five books that every church planter should consider reading. Whether you’re aspiring to plant a church or currently in the trenches, we pray these books would be an encouragement in your ministry. Read More

The Multiplying Leader

Founder of The Unstuck Group is the third entry in a new series. Read More

3 Quick Ways To See How Effective Your Leadership Really Is

By asking yourself three simple questions, you can not only get an accurate gauge of how you’re doing but an instant sense where you might need to improve. Read More

“Hello. I’m the pastor of Crock Pot Baptist Church!”

“Most great ministries are made in the crock-pot, not the microwave.” –Allan Taylor Read More

What Do We Do with the King James Version? [Video]

As time continues to pass and its language continues to age, many have wondered: What do we do with the KJV? Some are convinced we should put it out to pasture as a relic of the past. Others are convinced we should maintain it as our Bible of choice. Read More

In the accompanying video Mark Ward advocates the use of multiple Bible translations, a practice that the late Reginald H. Fuller, New Testament scholar and Anglican theologian recommended to preachers who had no Hebrew or Greek.

Pray Shorter Prayers

For most of my life, two of the Bible’s most important verses on prayer have been lost on me. I must have been distracted by the more famous verses on prayer that immediately followed. Read More

Quit Trying To Fix Sunday School – Until You’re Sure You Should Have It At All

We need to ask better questions, then do whatever ministry answers those questions in the best possible way. Read More