November 7, 2007
Vince Antonucci shares how reading the Bible led him to Christ and into church planting. In this interview, he explains Forefront Christian Church’s focus on reaching the unchurched and why they’re willing to do ministry differently.
October 24, 2007
Jim Tune shares why he sees Canada as a mission field and explains how Impact Canada is planting multicultural churches in major cities. He also discusses training new leaders, funding challenges, and partnering to build a reproducing movement.
September 12, 2007
Veteran minister Ben Merold reflects on church growth, encouraging small-church leaders, and reaching the culture without selling out. He shares practical wisdom from decades of preaching and leading Harvester Christian Church.
August 19, 2007
A California church partnered with leaders in Nairobi’s Mathare Valley to support microenterprise as mission. One $8 loan helped Elizabeth start a chapati business, escape exploitation, and grow in faith and community.
August 19, 2007
A kingdom business can be both 100 percent business and 100 percent Christian. See how a milling operation helped farmers, strengthened livelihoods, and created opportunities for evangelism, baptisms, and new churches in a country closed to traditional missionaries.
August 15, 2007
A testimony video at the North American Christian Convention and a Wall Street Journal column point to the same truth: evangelism changes hearts—and those changed hearts can help redeem a culture.
August 5, 2007
Using the “bilge pump” parable, Phil Scott warns that maintenance can’t stop long-term decline and urges congregations toward courageous leadership, innovation, and aggressive evangelism beyond the safety of the harbor.
June 3, 2007
Barbara Rendel shares how her life’s many transitions have never changed her passion for ministry. She describes evangelism, a monthlong prayer-call outreach, and community service as paths to lasting purpose and eternal difference.
Larry and Judy Niemeyer share 10 hard-won lessons from decades of disciple-making work in Africa—prioritizing disciples, designing for reproduction, and relying on God’s presence for lasting transformation.
March 25, 2007
Church stewardship shouldn’t feel like a game of chance. Tom Jones outlines 10 practical principles—vision, leader modeling, clear communication, and creative fundraising—to help congregations build a healthy financial base for mission.
February 25, 2007
As Calvinism gains renewed attention, three Christian church leaders discuss free will and God’s sovereignty, the influence of Calvinist writers, and concerns about methodology, sacraments, and evangelical identity.
February 21, 2007
An editor explains why this issue devotes significant space to Calvinism, noting its renewed influence and potential to divide. The series aims to help readers pursue biblical doctrine and God’s glory with clarity, humility, and charity.
February 18, 2007
Greg Allen reflects on the difference between being needed and being chosen by God. When ministry is driven by privilege instead of pressure, leaders find humility, joy, and freedom to serve by the Spirit.
February 14, 2007
A look back at a unity-charged North American Christian Convention—and a call to pursue unity’s intended outcome: evangelism. When churches move beyond fellowship to mission, the fruit of unity can be a harvest of new believers.
February 11, 2007
An encouraging look at creative mission work today—from bivocational “tent-making” to Bible translation and campus ministry—rooted in Paul’s commitment to use “all means” for the gospel.
January 14, 2007
Gary Zustiak argues that evangelism in a postmodern world must be relational and intentional, not sales-like or coercive. Using metaphors like dance, midwife, and gardener, he calls the church to invite people into community.
December 24, 2006
Christmas awakens a restless longing in many—through perfectionism, loneliness, grief, or escape. Like the Magi, people seek what they can’t fully name. This reflection calls believers to notice that longing and reach out.
November 22, 2006
Dr. Doug Collins shares how God shaped his calling to medical missions and led his family to Cambodia. In this interview, he describes health needs, gospel witness, and the realities of serving among least-reached communities.
October 15, 2006
What would an honest sign outside your church say? A typo on a church marquee sparks a challenge to reject “Me” Church consumerism and pursue “The” Church—worshiping God, giving in fellowship, serving in ministry, and going to the lost.
October 11, 2006
Barry McMurtrie explains why small churches plateau, how leaders can prioritize outreach, and practical ways to introduce change wisely while pursuing healthy church growth.
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