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A Ministry of Finance

An old Sunday school rhyme instructed children to clasp their hands together, fingers intertwined with forefingers pointed skyward. “Here is the church, here is the…
July 26, 2023 | 10 min read

Jump The Fence

JUMP THE FENCE The Kingdom power of loving outside the lines. By Jimmy Rollins A few years ago, our neighbors installed an invisible fence for…
July 19, 2023 | 7 min read

After the Storm

After the Storm How two churches worked together to bring relief to southwest Florida. with Matt Keller and Randy Bezet It was January of 2003,…
July 14, 2023 | 11 min read

Avail: Planting the Dream

CHURCH: Elan Church, Naperville, Illinois PLANTERS: Max & Juliet Lyons LAUNCHED: January 23, 2022 LAUNCH ATTENDANCE: 300 CURRENT ATTENDANCE: 185 What do you want your…
June 20, 2023 | 15 min read

Stress Less

Plus five more lessons in leadership longevity By Philip & Holly Wagner When we started pastoring, there was so much we didn’t know. After pastoring…
June 12, 2023 | 10 min read

Reframe Your Shame

“Shame is like everything else; live with it for long enough, and it becomes part of the furniture.” —Salman Rushdie “Each time he said, ‘My…
June 12, 2023 | 12 min read

The Next 1,000

How ARC is building on its winning formula for multiplying healthy churches. RICK BEZET WAS BETWEEN planes at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in late…
May 31, 2023 | 13 min read