10 ways to make the most of Easter this year
Easter is arguably the most celebrated day of the year for Christians. Churches are usually packed...
Resources for Preaching and Worship
Sunday Gatherings Are Gone – Now What?
By Dhati Lewis If you’re a church leader right now, I’m guessing you were never given...
The church planter’s manual for engaging your neighbor
By Matt Hess They found a lot of polite ways to say “no” to us over...
Loving our community in dark times
By Dale Huntington This is a historical time for all of us. The last time our...
Mark Clifton’s Coronavirus thoughts for small to mid-size churches
By Mark Clifton These are hard, unpredictable times. Many of us have been caught off guard...
What should we do for our home worship gatherings?
The new coronavirus has forced us all into a new normal. Many of us find ourselves...
7 Things to consider for your home worship gatherings
There is nothing that can stop the Church. In a season where large gatherings are limited,...
Responding in love during the coronavirus pandemic
By Min Lee I’m accustomed to making changes slowly. I’m Korean American, and I helped replant...
6 Tips on livestreaming your Sunday service
In a season where large group gatherings are scarce, God is kind to give us a...
5 reasons church planters should unpack forgiveness
Unpack forgiveness first, church planters. Before you pick out a sound board, before you buy a...
Preaching is one of those those sacred tasks entrusted to the pastor that, unless you are...
What does it mean to preach the gospel?
Busy. How many times have you heard someone say that word this week? How many times...
More than a song: Fostering a culture of worship in your church
The past few months, I have been reading through the Old Testament minor prophets. As a...
How to choose songs for your church
As a worship leader, one thing that I have learned is that art is very subjective...
Music matters: Why we worship corporately through song
In college, I led a small Bible study for freshmen. My primary aim was to study...
3 Things church planters should look for in a worship leader
I am approaching the end of a season in life. By the grace of God, I...
Tools for multiplication: Preaching
Increasingly, church planting has become a “household term.” And for many reasons that should give us...
Most popular of 2016: #5 Preacher notes: Danny Akin
The North American Mission Board is blessed by a wide array of voices that speak to...
I know different planters and pastors have different strategies for the ministry of the Word–topical or...
When we first started City Church, we had one weekly worship gathering. I would have a...
Wise leaders understand the importance of words. They grasp the importance of language in describing the...
11 Ways to Evaluate Your Preaching and Teaching
The more important our work is, the more imperative it is we strive to improve. If...
The following blog is an excerpt from Paul David Tripp’s regular blog which can be found...
Jonah 3:1 – God’s grace gives us a fresh start
The following blog is an excerpt from Paul David Tripp’s regular blog which can be found...
Addictions are typically associated with alcohol and drug abuse, but when we dig deep into the...
Christ-Centered Preaching: Part 3
This is my third and final post in a three part series (part one, part two)...
Christ-Centered Preaching: Part 2
This is the second post in a three part series on Christ-centered preaching and teaching (part...
The goal of Christ-centered preaching
Baptists through the years have emphasized the need for Christian preachers to preach the unsearchable riches...
I could tell she felt terrible. I had just blessed and dismissed the congregation, and she...
It was spring break 1996 and I was a sophomore in high school. While other kids...
Very few Christians today use the word “propitiation” as part of their regular vocabulary, even fewer...