As many leaders know first hand, starting a church isn’t easy. Carey has an honest conversation about the ups and downs of planting a church with Adam Duckworth and John Garippa, six months into planting Downtown Harbor Church in Fort…
Like me, you hope and pray that tragedies like the ones we witness far too frequently these days would just stop and go away…forever. Our hearts break far too often these days because of the senseless rage of a lone gunman…
What were the early days of North Point really like? You would think that becoming the largest church in America (according to Outreach Magazine) would be birthed out of an easy start. But that wasn’t the case. Lane Jones walks…
Ever feel like the world you stepped into when you began in ministry no longer exists? You’re not alone. The culture around us is changing. You can debate when the collapse of Christendom in the West began, but there is…
So let me guess: someone recently complained about the music at your church. It doesn’t matter what style of music your church features or how traditional or edgy your music is; complaining about music is almost a universal phenomenon in…
One reason people stay away from Christianity is not that they don’t know any Christians. It’s often because they do. Our actions and our words as followers of Jesus have the power to attract or repel people from Christianity. The number…
I feel like I need to get something off my chest. It bothers me that Christians continually express shock, disapproval, and judgment at the way non-Christians live. You’ve seen it, and maybe even done it: Doesn’t anyone believe in marriage…
Every week you hope to have new people at your church. But there’s a world of difference between reaching the unchurched and attracting serial church shoppers. While it’s easy to think of a visitor as simply a ‘visitor,’ not all visitors…
Every church has a culture. But how do you know if your church culture is toxic? More importantly, how would you know whether you’re creating a toxic church culture as a leader? I’ve interacted with many church leaders (and readers…
Preaching is one of the most demanding tasks required of communicators. You’re not just giving a ‘talk,’ you’re communicating the Word of God—faithfully (you trust). And you do this in front of groups of people who have more communication options and…