Take steps that will help a new church become an enduring success.

The operations area of your children's ministry—its facilities, budget, policies, and so forth—should be a reflection of what's truly important to you.

Children's ministry also has two key ingredients that, when mixed together, make it "super strong": creative, relevant Bible teaching and community.

How do we preach saving grace to those who just aren't "good" at sinning?

Richard J. Foster and Dallas Willard on the difference between discipleship and spiritual formation.

Bright-eyed and energetic. Full of life. Able to melt hearts with the flash of a baby-toothed smile. Loveable beyond reason. Yet challenging to teach.

A fresh crop of Christian communities is blossoming in blighted urban settings all over America.

Today's intentional communities are very different, and very similar to, those formed in the '70s.

Would a Protestant form of monasticism help liberate evangelicalism from its cultural captivity?

Caring for infants is a great opportunity for your church to build trust.

Too many Christians have gotten lots of information but are the least Christ-like

Mark Dever says church discipline is not about punishment or self-help.

The church should stop taking its cues from the state.

Tired of a surface-y Christianity? Dive into the deeper waters of spiritual formation.

And more gleanings from Gordon's journals.

Mentor and sage Fred Smith receives lots of questions from leaders, and sometimes his greatest gift back is to reframe them.

5 practices that take small groups beyond polite "sharing" to the disciplines that change lives.

Can preaching really change anyone?