5 Things Thriving Churches Do Well Set your goals. Grow your church. ABBY PERRY Thriving churches are very good at doing five critical things—and they’re the same things commonly neglected by plateauing or declining churches. What are the hallmarks of a healthy church congregation? How can they be measured—and if they’re found lacking, how can

7 Practices for Inclusion of Young Leaders By Dan Reiland Leadership has never been a spectator sport; we must get in the game from day one. When you’ve invited a young leader onto your team, it’s important that you’re prepared to develop them, willing to give them the ball and let them go. How fast

Top 10 Reasons Leaders Stop Leading: And How to Get Going Again By Dan Reiland Just because you have a leadership position doesn’t mean you are leading. That’s a sobering thought. All of us who carry the responsibility to lead must be honest about the question, “Am I actually leading?” It’s so easy to be

Create Safe Places for Questioning Become a welcoming place for people on a journey back to God. Kim Hammond and Darren Cronshaw How can we foster safe places to nurture faith while avoiding inappropriate and unauthentic evangelism? How can we help people understand who Jesus is? As we are being incarnational—that is, being present in