Category: Blog
The Power of Multiplication
by Doug Holliday: My dear friend Michael Titus serves as the country Director for J-Life Tanzania. Michael grew up in a Muslim home, yet Christ miraculously appeared to him in a dream. The next day, a Sunday, he walked almost 15 miles to the nearest church. When he arrived, the […]
Leadership Development: Leading Through Conflict Part 2
by Healthy Growing Churches: Last week, we began our discussion about Leading Through Conflict. Feel free to check out that post before moving on to this one. People long to be connected to something, and our hope should extend towards the type of connection that is positive and leads hearts […]
How a Type 2 on the Enneagram experiences your church and how to connect them
By Greg Curtis: Nathan was a high schooler when I first met him in Next Steps. He was such a great guy, easy to talk with and helpful beyond belief. I began to think that his helpfulness came from the fact that he grew up as the oldest of 8 […]
5 Needs Guests are Attempting to Meet When They Come to Your Church
by unSeminary: Why do people come to church? When you think about it from a broader, cultural context, it’s sort of an unusual behavior. Especially when it seems like the new studies on church attendance that come out every week all point to the national decline in church attendance. Still, […]
Newsletter — June 2019
Thriving Leadership The Level 5 Marriage June is wedding season. It’s the time of year countless couples tie the knot and pursue their dreams of living happily ever after. Living happily ever after isn’t just reserved for fairytales, God desires your marriage to flourish and fuel your ministry for the […]
CNLP 268: Luis Palau on His Friendship With Billy Graham, How Evangelism Has Changed, And How to Be More Alive at Age 84 than Most 24 year olds
by Carey Nieuwhof: Luis Palau has been leading crusades for over 53 years. In this powerful interview, he talks about his friendship with Billy Graham, why crusades were so effective a generation ago, and how he and his team changed the methods to keep the mission alive. Luis is now […]
How the Enneagram can help you reach a bigger variety of guests at your church
by Greg Curtis: I will never forget the Sunday night service this year where we offered Step 04 of Next Steps at the same time the Oscars was being aired… Next Steps is our One Place where we invite guests to connect with each other and our church. Being in […]
5 Surprising Characteristics That Separate Great Leaders From Other Leaders
by Carey Nieuwhof: Naturally you want to be a better leader. Intention, of course, won’t get you there. If only it was that easy. So how do you improve? One of the ways is you can look at the habits and characteristics of great leaders, and compare and contrast them […]
Leadership Development: Leading Through Conflict – Part 1
by Healthy Growing Churches: Conflict in and amongst our teams is inevitable. Each member of the team is human after all, and as much as we hate to admit it, we don’t always walk perfectly in alignment with the Spirit like we wish we could. Also, each member of your […]
My Top 5 Recent Reflections on American Disciple Making
by Bobby Harrington: Summer is almost upon us and many of us take this time of transition to reflect and to look forward. Discipleship.org exists to help you find success in making disciples. When you choose to be a disciple who makes disciples, we call you a hero, and our […]