"20 Truths: No Longer Strangers" and More

20 Truths: No Longer Strangers The editors of this volume and the contributors believe wholeheartedly that evangelism is a necessary and beautiful part of our discipleship. However, while the book affirms the important commitment of evangelism, we highlight the dangers when North American Christians, in particular, underestimate how their education, race, language mastery, and other factors impact their ability to love and express the gospel (in word and deed) to refugees and immigrants coming from backgrounds that include trauma, oppression, colonialism, persecution, etc.

The Small Town Summits Podcast The goal of The Small Town Summits Podcast is to resource and encourage those serving in small places by taking the rich theology and lived experience we get to enjoy at our summits and making it more accessible to listeners, wherever they live and minister. You will hear conversations with faithful pastors and leaders in small places that will seek to develop a robust theology and share inspiring biography. Theology gives us an iron backbone and biography puts fire in our belly. Theology strengthens our resolve to minister with perseverance by grounding our ministry in the very character of God, while biography inspires us as we reflect on how others have struggled and succeeded as they’ve pursued their callings

Churchgoers Working on Sunday Could Spark Outreach Opportunities for Churches The Church of Eleven22 didn’t plan on having a worship service on a different day, but they were meeting in another church’s building at the time and outgrew all of their Sunday morning options. “Because of other things happening at the church at the time, Thursday night was the only option available,” said Joby Martin, lead pastor of the Jacksonville, Florida-area church. “It was an accident, but God breathed on it like crazy.”

4 Reasons Your Ministry Depends on Effective Communication In the same way FDR led through uncertainty, church leaders are constantly dealing with change and complexity. Of course, it’s not on the same national scale, but our mission of making disciples is of even greater importance. Eternity is at stake. So here are four lessons we can learn about communication in church leadership from FDR.

10 Questions to Ask When You Are Hiring a Children's Ministry Director This past weekend I was consulting with a church that is hiring a children's director. I was helping them conduct interviews with the people who had applied for the position. I have a list of questions that I asked the candidates. Thought I would share the questions with you. These questions can also be used with a volunteer who is stepping up to assume more leadership responsibility as a volunteer.