An Upside-Down World

With the growth of the multinational church, mission is becoming multidirectional. The U.S. remains the largest single contributor of Protestant cross-cultural ...

"The Incredibles": Conflict Between Home and Ministry

In Pixar's movie The Incredibles, superheroes have been forced into everyday life because of numerous lawsuits. This scene appears toward the end ...

Abraham Lincoln Asks to Borrow Army

In the later months of 1862, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln was angered by General George B. McClellan's inactivity despite superiority ...

Designer Is a Leadership Role

Imagine that your organization is an ocean liner, and that you are "the leader." What is your role? I have asked this question of groups of ...

Sheep Teach Pastor about Ministry

In his book Building a Church of Small Groups, Bill Donahue relays a story from his time as a part-time youth pastor while attending seminary. He was ...

Condemned Drunk Becomes Disciple and Friend

I am going to share a confession with you, and it is something that I have never been proud of. When I graduated from seminary, I became the pastor of ...

Holy Spirit's Leading Heals Woman

My husband and I participate in the prayer ministry at our church. During these prayer times, which follow the Sunday service each week, people come forward ...

Personal Loss Helps Ministry

As we get older, I suspect we can minister better under extreme circumstances because over the years we ourselves have suffered loss.

Eugene Peterson on Sermons

A sermon changes words about God into words from God. It takes what we have heard or read of God and God's ways and turns them into a personal proclamation ...

How the Gospel Came to Mongolia

Bill and Amy Stearns, in their book 20/20 Vision, relate how the gospel came to Mongolia:

In the 1870s Swedish missionaries arrived in Mongolia—what ...