The number is climbing, but here's the most commonly reported stat: at least 85 percent of first-time church guests visit a congregation's website before they make their initial visit. For some of you,

Unless you're a church leader in a very large church, you're probably aware that your congregation has limited resources (and in today's economy, even large churches are struggling with decreasing resources). During those

For a moment, suspend everything you think you know about doing and being church. Pretend, for argument's sake, that you've been transported back to the first century... even before the birth of the

(Deu 10:19)  You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. I heard a great sermon the other day that spoke about our strangeness. God reminds the

Churches and church leaders committed to becoming missional must build on five principles. The first, modeling the Christian faith, was covered in a previous post. The second pillar of the missional church is,