Pitching Deck at EX Global

Innovation in the church rarely begins with a polished idea, clear strategy, or a fully formed ministry plan. More often...

Starting New Networks: A Practitioner’s Guide to Moving from Isolation to Collaboration 

Sometimes the hardest part of leadership isn’t knowing what needs to happen – it’s finding the courage to take the...

Revival or not? Investigating Possible Misconceptions of Gen Z

Gen Z (born roughly 1997-2012) has been stereotyped and mischaracterized so much that it is hard to discern fact from...

Messiness and Movement: An Atypical Multisite Story

It would be easier to do this alone. This was the prevailing sentiment of Pastor Drew Hyun, the founding pastor...

Delegation That Develops

For many women leading in the church, delegation doesn’t feel like a leadership strategy. It feels like a risk. A...

Why and How to Build a Healthy Multiethnic Church

The global 21st century church is increasingly confronted with a profound reality: Local communities are more diverse, interconnected, and culturally...

Pastors and AI: A Practical Way to Think About It Without Fear or Hype

Over the past year, conversations with pastors, executive pastors, and church operators have started to sound the same. The questions...

When Faith Feels Fragile, God Remains Faithful

Faith is often strongest at the beginning of a calling and most vulnerable after a little success. We expect doubt...

Posture of Innovation: The Church as a Laboratory for the Kingdom

I will never forget the first time I visited the Tampa Underground. I boarded a flight to Tampa with very...

The Anatomy of a Healthy Network – The Four Rs

If I asked you to draw a picture of a “church network,” what would you sketch? For many leaders, the...

What The Next Generation Is Really Asking From The Church

During month one of my very first ministry role, I knew almost nothing. I was 19, a transplant to Chicagoland,...

From Momentum to Maturity

As far back as the late 19th century, critics noted that the Sunday morning Protestant worship hour was the most...