Please Pray: Reaching Children in Egypt with God’s Love

April 10, 2018

He’s big, he’s furry, and children all over Egypt love him. Who is…

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Filed in: Prayer Request, Prayer for International

How Introverts Can Make the Best Small Group Leaders

April 10, 2018 | Stephen R. Clark

Somewhere around 2007 or so, my pastor pointed me to the now-classic business book by Jim…

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Filed in: Layleaders, Leading 101

Freed from an Emotional Prison—Thank you for Praying!

April 03, 2018

Diana* is from Syria, a nation torn apart by a brutal civil war. She and…

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Filed in: Answered Prayer, Prayer for International, Prayer for Trauma Healing

How to Reclaim Communal Reading of the Bible

April 03, 2018 | J.R. Briggs

How do you read the Bible? Do you find a quiet corner at home where…

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Filed in: Layleaders, Leading 101

Celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus

March 30, 2018

There is eternal hope in the central miracle of God’s redemption story—the…

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Filed in: Easter, USA

Please Pray: Deaf Communities All Over the World Need God’s Word

March 27, 2018

For 70 million people worldwide, sign language is the first or only language they know. It…

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Filed in: Prayer Request, Prayer for International, Prayer for Translation

How to Increase Retention in Bible Reading

March 27, 2018 | J.R. Briggs

How do you learn? Do you write new information down, discuss it with a friend,…

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Filed in: Leadership Resources, Scripture Engagement, Increasing Engagement

Please Pray for the People of Ecuador as they Continue to Rebuild

March 20, 2018

In April 2016, northern Ecuador was struck by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake. More than 650 people were killed…

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Filed in: Prayer for International, Prayer Request

How to Help Single People Fall in Love With the Bible

March 20, 2018 | Randy Petersen

There’s a clear tilt in the data. According to The State of the Bible,…

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Filed in: Leadership Resources, Scripture Engagement, Increasing Engagement

Pray for Dr. King’s Dream of Racial Justice to be Realized

March 13, 2018 | Nena Podbury

From a jail cell in Birmingham, Alabama, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote an…

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Filed in: Prayer Request, Prayer for US, Prayer for Church Communities