Over the years churches have engaged with and tried to transform their local communities in various ways. Many have run programs that serve different segments of the community, like job programs, food programs, day care programs, and so on. Churches have also tried to build relationships with people in the community by running events like…

We made some changes not long after Annette and I became the leaders at Lighthouse. One of the key things we did to change our church culture from one of revival to one of community engagement was we brought about a change to what we all considered to be “spiritual”. We spent the next five…

If you’re a pastor or leader in a church, you too may have tended to make use of this “law of the few.” For instance, for so many years we have allowed ourselves to believe that all we need are two, three, or four prominent people within our church who we can support and enable…