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Mercy Ministries

A Greater Calling: Mercy for the Hurting

Is it enough to plant seeds, or does the church's mission go beyond that? Mercy Ministries founder Nancy Alcorn says the church has a responsibility to not only share a message of mercy with the hurting, but also to demonstrate mercy through action.

Sam Smith

What Does It Mean to Optimize Ministry?

Filmmaker and media consultant Phil Cooke recently sat down with Sam Smith of Medical Ministry International, an organization making a huge impact on the poor around the world. Find out what Smith had to say.

Kyle Searcy

Kyle Searcy: Birthing a Church 101

For pastor Kyle Searcy, planting a new church was like waiting for his first child to be born. Find out how exhilarating the experience was.

These days, young people especially want to know if God is for real.

Perry Noble: You Asked for It

Most don't want to know what happened to the goat in Leviticus, they want to know if God is real and if the Bible can be trusted. Find out what sermon topics may of interest to the unchurched.

Saddleback Church

Rick Warren: 8 Acts of a Healthy, Growing Church

Pastor Rick Warren says that if we echo the actions of the early church, we can expect God's blessing on our church. Find out what characteristics of the early church we must mimic.

Harvest Food Bank

Research: Protestants Increase Involvement in Social Justice

Many Christians believe they can't preach Jesus and not care about justice or, conversely, that they can't have true justice without pointing people toward Jesus the Just. Find out why the numbers seem to show that more churches are catching that mission.

Scott Attebery: The Cost of Disciple-Making

wooden-bridge-large-posterDietrich Bonhoeffer’s book The Cost of Discipleship is a classic. It powerfully describes Christ’s call for men to “come and die” in order to be His disciple.

In as many times as I have discussed that book with friends, I’ve never thought about an equally important concept—until now. Since a true disciple of Christ will become a disciple-maker of others (after all, that is Christlike), we must also consider the cost of disciple-making.

Initially, we may think the cost is time and energy. Certainly this is true. Disciple-making is a commitment to open up your life to another person. It’s an act of service that requires long hours, late-night calls, inconvenient conversations and out-of-the way trips.

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