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Local Church Missions

Sending Church Missions – Assessing the Reality

Every local church should be a sending church. A healthy sending church identifies, prepares, sends, and sustains missionaries for God’s harvest field (Matthew 9:37–38). How are churches doing in this mission? At ABWE,…

David LevyJune 2, 2026

Church Leadership

Jesus Was a Mobilizer

Jesus Christ mobilized people through relationship, training, empowerment, and mission. Although the “local church” formally emerged after His resurrection and Pentecost, His ministry created the model the church should follow. What were some of…

Scott BrockMay 26, 2026

Church Revitalization

One Network’s Strategy for Healthy Churches

Across Indiana, we are working with churches to return to a simple and biblical focus: reproducing disciples, developing leaders, and multiplying healthy churches. This is not about adding more programs…

Jon BeightMay 19, 2026

Evangelism Strategies

Mobilizing Our People to Evangelize

In 2022, on Easter Sunday, we launched Connect Church Liberty Hill. Connect Church is another campus of Great Hills Baptist Church in Austin, TX. We currently meet in an elementary…

Leighton ForsheeMay 12, 2026

Cross-Cultural Ministry

Working With Immigrants and Refugees

How can your local churches effectively engage with immigrants and refugees in their cities? Face it, our cities and towns are seeing more diversity among people groups than ever before. Churches can step up to…

Scott BrockMay 5, 2026

Discipleship

A Quiet Drift: Why Young People Are Looking Toward Catholicism and Orthodoxy and How We Must Respond

In recent years, many in pastoral ministry and theological education have noticed a subtle but steady shift. Increasingly, young believers are attracted to Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. Some are engaging from a distance while others…

Elias GarciaApril 28, 2026

Church Leadership

Why Your Church Isn’t Moving—and What the Antioch Model Reveals

Most pastors carry a clear vision for their church. Fewer have a framework for closing the gap between that vision and what's happening. Most pastors can articulate what they want…

Ray BrandonApril 21, 2026

Local Church

Prioritizing the Sending Church

From the beginning of the New Testament church, missionaries have been sent and commissioned from local churches. Acts 13:1-3 demonstrate the sending of Barnabas and Paul from the Antioch church. Local churches send missionaries not mission agencies. When did sending missionaries…

David LevyApril 14, 2026

Local Church

Not Just People: Why Rurality Matters to God — Part II

The First Commission: Fill the Earth Long before the Great Commission in Matthew 28, God expressed His desire for an Earth filled with His representatives. In one of the most…

TJ FreemanApril 9, 2026

Local Church

Not Just People: Why Rurality Matters to God — Part I

Rural America is hurting. But don’t take my word for it. Just head over the river and through the woods, and you’ll find all the evidence you need. Shuttered storefronts, broken down barns, abandoned schools, and…

TJ FreemanApril 7, 2026

Sending Church Missions – Assessing the Reality

Jesus Was a Mobilizer

One Network’s Strategy for Healthy Churches

Mobilizing Our People to Evangelize

Working With Immigrants and Refugees

A Quiet Drift: Why Young People Are Looking Toward Catholicism and Orthodoxy and How We Must Respond

Why Your Church Isn’t Moving—and What the Antioch Model Reveals

Prioritizing the Sending Church

Not Just People: Why Rurality Matters to God — Part II

Not Just People: Why Rurality Matters to God — Part I

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