by Mark Tibben I sat in a conference room. Around the table were church planters and trainers who had years of experience, vast reserves of wisdom and insight, and Spirit-filled gifts to bring the Scriptures to their culture. I sat in awe, soaking up every last detail. But in the…

By Alan Hirsch and Mark Nelson Editor’s Note: The following article is an excerpt of Reframation, a new book by Alan Hirsch and Mark Nelson on reframing our worldview to enlarge our perception of God and the gospel. To order the book, visit reframationbook.com. In quite possibly the most painfully…

By David Whitehead “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” This famous first line from A Tale of Two Cities is an apt description of church planting. One moment, things are going great. The next, it feels like you made the biggest mistake of your…

by Al Santino In New York City, summer is a time when our communities are bustling with activity. People are doing their thing out in the streets, parks, and playgrounds. And this is a great opportunity for churches to be good neighbors by participating in the life of their neighborhoods. …

by Bart Garrett “Is who I am merely what I do?” We sat in a coffee shop taking stock of the past decade. I met Kurt as a promising PhD student at Cal-Berkeley, and now, almost ten years later, his career seemed to somehow take over his identity. Kurt had…

Editor’s note: The following article was co-authored for CityKerk Amsterdam by Daniel Chan, Ekkardt Sonntag, and Tim Vreugdenhil. “It’s an enchanted land, this country of ours, deeply secularized, post-Christian, but which, suddenly, feels its heart contract at the sight of a church in flames.” So reads a sentence from the…

by Utako Grateley When my husband, Damian, and I entered into church planting, we were too excited to consider any negative emotions or possible hardship. …

An Interview with Jordan Rice — Last year, Jordan Rice led his church through a series on the gospel and race. …

By Tim Keller When I was in Seoul for the first time last year, I witnessed what may be the biggest challenge of reaching the next generation. There, many people recognized that the Korean church was starting to shrink, despite the fact that it had grown faster than the country’s…