Marks of a Movement calls us back to the disciple-making mandate of the church through the timeless wisdom of John Wesley and the Methodist movement. With a love for history and a passion for today's church, Winfield helps us reimagin...

In an age when church growth is centered in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, evangelicalism must adapt to changing demographics or risk becoming irrelevant. Yet many evangelicals behave tribally valuing the perspective of only those l...

All mission is local-the people of God joining the work of God in a particular place. In Starting Missional Churches Mark Lau Branson and Nicholas Warnes introduce us to seven missional churches while examining common challenges regar...

Jesus commissioned his followers to make disciples of all nations, and John Wesley claimed that all the world was his parish. The church belongs in every part of the world, whether urban, suburban, or rural-but it originated in the ci...

If you sense that something is wrong with church, you are right. And you are not alone.There is a disconnect between the life of Jesus and the way most churches actually work. The pursuit of bigger buildings and stadium-quality worshi...

Is there only doom and gloom for the future of mainline Christianity? Or is it that the current sense of decline and malaise is only a mirage or the result of exaggerations by persons both within but also without these churches? Is th...

Fishing on the Other Side is about following Jesus and obeying his command to make disciples. Jesus told his first disciples that if they were to follow Him, He would teach them how to fish for people. They already knew how to catch f...

Cultivating a Life for God calls upon us to rethink our busy, fast-paced lives. If there is a stirring in your soul for "something more" in your spiritual journey, take a risk on what God might do in and through your life. D...

Gone are the days when churches could simply sit on the corner and attract passers-by. But people still long for the peace and confidence faith in God provides; every church has the potential to grow. How? By taking the church to the ...

The American church is at a critical crossroads. Our witness has been compromised, our numbers are down, and our reputation has been sullied, due largely to our own faults and fears. The church's ethnocentrism, consumerism, and syncre...

"What's better than feeding your soul while developing healthy practices for your body and mind? Christ Walk outlines a 40-day program for individuals and groups to focus on improving physical health while engaging in spiritual a...

Churches of any size can be involved in church planting!More than 85 percent of churches have under two hundred people in weekly attendance. The tendency is to think these churches are ordinary or everyday--conventional wisdom says th...

Reviving and enlivening our encounter with the person of Jesus is a lifelong journey. In these five sessions, Cardinal Blase Cupich proposes five strategies to help Catholics deepen this encounter through a profound experience of the ...

Pundits regularly declare that Christianity is dying. Its golden age of influence is long gone in Western Europe, and similar trends are happening in North America. But while it slowly dies in the West, Christianity has been coming to...

Church health is measured by more than just numbers, but declining membership is often a key symptom of a church in crisis. The pastor of a dying church doesn't need to be told it is dying; he needs to find the way forward--and he nee...

Jesus gave his followers seven key practices: The Lord's SupperReconciliationProclaiming the gospelBeing with the "least of these" Being with childrenFivefold ministry giftingKingdom prayer When we practice these disciplines, God bec...

A Christian's desire to grow in faith is beautiful and biblical, best illustrated in Jeremiah 17 where Scripture describes "The man who trusts in the LORD" as being "like a tree planted by water . . . It will not worry ...

When Craig Groeschel founded LifeChurch.tv, the congregation met in a borrowed two-car garage, with ratty furnishings and faulty audiovisual equipment. But people were drawn there, sensing a powerful, life-changing force Groeschel cal...

The central claim in Christ Formed in You is that it is God s purpose to change us by progressively making us more like Jesus, and that this happens only as we understand and apply the gospel to our lives. In the pages that follow we ...

Is it time for your church to go multisite? It seems everybody is doing it these days, so how do you know if it is the right solution for your congregation? MultiChurch brings clarity to the multisite movement and assembles the lesson...

Take the transforming principles and ideas outlined in Fr. Mallon s landmark book and apply them to your own parish with this engaging and easy-to-use study guide. In six small-group sessions, pastoral leaders, ministers and parishion...

Something in the Church is broken. For Christianity to move beyond business as usual, Christians must learn it's not about what you do, but who you are and who you will become. Based on a survey of 75,000 people in churches from 65 de...

Can Catholic parishes become communities of missionary disciples that bear lasting fruit? If so, what does it take to move them in that direction? Through his years as pastor of Saint Benedict Parish in Halifax, Canada, Fr. James Mall...

What to do when they say they're Christian but don't know Jesus Whether it's the Christmas and Easter Christians or the faithful church attenders whose hearts are cold toward the Lord, we've all encountered cultural Christians. They'd...

At a time in which stress, depression, anxiety, and suicide are all on the rise, Peace Be with You will guide you and your loved ones on how to overcome negative thoughts, be freed — externally and internally — from sinful...

We need less conventional wisdom and more creative leadership. Not all of the advice you've heard on church growth works. Judging by results, most doesn't. It's time we re-evaluate the standard thinking on how to grow a church, especi...

Adding a Breakthrough Prayer Initiative to the teamwork of your church or ministry's leadership will change everything—and transform what may have become routine administrative work, into riding the exciting rapids of a God-led spir...

In Gear Up!, Kay Kotan outlines nine areas of ministry where congregations must intentionally design a process. It is not enough to decide, "We are going to refocus in this direction." Leaders must decide how and what steps ...

In For a New Generation, author and pastor Lee Kricher outlines five practical change strategies for church leaders and members who are committed to reversing or avoiding church decline. This book is not about changing your church's ...

Something is not right. The witness of the church in North America is eroding. Many Christians are alarmed by the decline in church attendance and seek a culprit. Too often, we point the finger away from the church, make culture the e...