The Loneliness Epidemic and the Local Church’s Moment
FAITH & CULTURE The Loneliness Epidemic and the Church’s Moment America’s most documented social crisis has an ancient remedy—and the local church has never been more relevant. Based on research from the U.S. Surgeon General, Cigna, Pew Research, Harvard, and the American Enterprise Institute STATS AT A GLANCE 1 in 2 Americans report measurable loneliness […]
Is Your Leadership Actually Multiplying?
Leadership is usually measured by influence, outcome, or team successes. But there is also a fundamental question many leaders miss: Is your leadership multiplying—or just maintaining? Many of the leadership methods nowadays stress the importance of personal growth, output, and short-term success. But useful as they are, these methods build performers — not pipelines. When […]
We’re Losing a Generation—Because We’re Silent
Something is happening to the generation coming up behind us, and the church has largely responded with silence. Not malicious silence. Not indifferent silence. But the kind of silence that comes from not knowing what to say, from fearing rejection, from believing the cultural moment is too hostile for the truth to land. Meanwhile, that […]
Church, It’s Time to Go Beyond Sunday
Sunday morning is not the problem. The worship is real. The preaching is faithful. The community is genuine. For millions of believers around the world, Sunday morning is the anchor of the week — the gathering that orients everything else. None of that is in question. The question is what happens when the parking lot […]
You Don’t Need a Microphone to Lead Someone to Christ
There is an image of evangelism that has come so deeply into the purview of the Western congregation for a generation. It is something that comprises stage, with microphone, crowd and amazing speaker who speaks to the audience who moves them to listen. It is a powerful image. And it has produced real fruit. But […]
3 Reasons Most Christians Don’t Evangelize—And How to Change That
And when you ask most Christians if they believe the Gospel is true, they will certainly answer. Ask when they last shared it with anyone outside their faith and the room hushes. There is a huge and unsettling divide between the truths of what believers confess and the ways in which they use this confession […]
Your Church Has a Missions Budget—But No Mission Field
Churches who care about the Great Commission usually have a line in the budget for it. It goes to missionaries abroad. They support organizations which work in unreached people groups. They get the annual update letter, pray over it at a Sunday service, and then move on. The giving is real. The heart behind it […]
Have We Forgotten That the Gospel Still Works?
In the modern church, there’s a quiet crisis of confidence. It does not scream out loudly. It appears in the hesitation leading up to a conversation becoming spiritual. It lives upon the assumption that the person across from the table has already made up their mind. It sounds like the phrases, “People aren’t open to […]
The #1 Leadership Skill That Predicts Long-Term Influence
Each leadership conference includes a variation on the same breakout session. It is called productivity systems, high-performance habits, execution frameworks, and all that — but the message here is essentially the same: do more, move faster, lead harder. And leaders step out energized, notebooks full, ready to optimize. So five years later, some of those […]
Leadership Development Isn’t a Perk—It’s a Mandate
Go into the regular church or the nonprofit boardroom and ask; who is responsible for developing the next generation of leaders? It will frequently lead to a break — in which the pastor or executive director is offered a vague nod. That pause is costing organizations everything. Leadership development has been for too long treated […]