by Tracee Swank | Jun 9, 2026 | Mission, Movement, Outreach, Tracee J. Swank
Your community has living rooms that are not in anyone’s house. They are the places where people actually gather. The coffee shop where the regulars know each other’s orders. The diner where farmers meet at six in the morning. The laundromat where parents fold clothes...
by Tracee Swank | Jun 2, 2026 | Discipleship, Mission, Outreach, Tracee J. Swank
The single most underused pastoral tool in the American church is the 30-minute walk. Not a walk for exercise. A walk around the blocks surrounding your church building, slowly, with your eyes open and your phone in your pocket. Most pastors have not done this in...
by Tracee Swank | May 26, 2026 | Mission, Outreach, Tracee J. Swank
Drive around the neighborhood surrounding your church building tomorrow morning and ask yourself one simple, honest question: Who actually lives here now? Not the neighbors who lived here 20 years ago when your current ministries were first designed. Not the families...
by Rick Bergh | Feb 27, 2026 | Mission, Outreach, Rick Bergh
Outreach often feels complicated. We talk about strategies, branding, relevance, and programs. But when you strip it down, it may not be that difficult at all: find a real need in your community, and faithfully try to meet it. Then stick with it. For the Christian...
