This morning, God asked me a question that I think we all should ask ourselves.

However, before I tell you what it is, let me give a little context. For those of you who don’t already know, Continue Reading…

“To Twitter or Not to Twitter…that is the question.” Yesterday, Scott Williams asked this question in his post on ChurchLeaders.com. In it, he laid out 6 reasons why every pastor should be on Twitter.

As a social media guy, I’m a big fan of Twitter. I’ve seen it be an incredibly effective tool in ministry. I believe that God can–and does–use it to transform lives and win people to Christ. However, I don’t know if Continue Reading…

The Externally Focused Network is all about helping churches become the best church FOR their community. However, up until recently, it’s been somewhat vague as to exactly how we do that.

In the past, we’ve hosted conferences and seminars through which we explain what it means to be an externally focused church (and we’ll continue to do some of these in the future). We’ve gotten a lot of Continue Reading…

Looking out at The Farm

*This is one of the stories I wrote that didn’t make the cut for our free, dowloadable document, “The Best Externally Focused Ideas of 2011.” If you like this, I highly encourage you to download this free resource which contains 29 stories like this one. You can download it by clicking here.

What’s the problem?
Everyday, there are approximately 100,000 hungry people in Northwest Arkansas (NWA).1 These people are a part of a rapidly rising population in NWA living below the poverty line.

What’s a solution?
In 2009, New Heights was Continue Reading…

Rev. Eugene Rivers was frustrated that he was losing so many kids to the streets. So he asked a drug dealer in the Four Corners section of Dorchester what he was doing wrong as a pastor. Why was he losing the battle for the kids on the street?

“It’s simple” the drug dealer replied. Continue Reading…

I’ve always said that if I were to be a missionary, I’d want to go to Turkey. Why Turkey, you ask? Simple: It’s strategic. Quite honestly, I think it’s one of the most strategic places in the world that you could go to spread the gospel.

Think about it. It’s the gateway where West meets East. If a church plant in Turkey were to grow and Continue Reading…