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Alien Nation
One pastor's perspective on the immigration debate—and immigration opportunity.
by Isaac Canales
Leadership Journal, Fall 2007
The Healing Arts
by Patricia Paddey
Leadership Journal, Fall 2007
I'm Dreaming of a Victorian Christmas
by Chris Armstrong, guest columnist
December 26, 2002
Dumping Ground
In a place where even people are considered refuse, no one would listen to the educated, accomplished pastor. Until he became one of them.
an interview with Saul Cruz
Leadership Journal, Fall 2007
Reaching the Christmas and Easter Crowd
Inside the minds of holiday-only attenders.
by John Huffman, Jr.
Leadership Journal, Fall 1999
Turning the Tables
by Ron Jones
Leadership Journal, Fall 2007
Learn to Partner
How one church, working with community groups, is making a big difference in a small town.
by Chuck Warnock
Leadership Journal, Spring 2007
Hog Heaven: Our Biker Sunday
by Clark Cothern
Leadership Journal, Winter 2007
Giants in the Land
Megachurches are waking up to address huge global and social issues, and smaller churches are making a big difference.
by Abram Book
Leadership Journal, Summer 2006
Redeeming a Needy Neighborhood
Not all communities have too much. How one church brings the gospel to the economically distressed.
A Leadership Interview with James Meeks
Leadership Journal, Summer 2006
Habitat to Go
Leadership Journal, Summer 2006
Back from the Brink: A Leadership Special Report
Disastrous conflict, moral failure, spiritual depression, or simply long, slow decline. Churches do come back from debilitating trauma. How?
Leadership Journal, Fall 2005
Churches Team Up to "Clothe A Child"
Texas churches and corporations find a creative way to help their community.
by Andy Williams
Leadership Journal, Summer 2005
The Campus Confession Booth
What I considered a horrible idea turned into a moment of transformation.
by Donald Miller
Leadership Journal, Summer 2005
An Army of Ones
Does diversity in the church work?
Leadership Journal, Spring 2005
Up Against a Wall
We were working well together to reach our changing neighborhood—until the cornerstone story came out. Did we have a future without repenting of our past?
by Eric Reed
Leadership Journal, Spring 2005
Civil Engineers
These ministries span differences in politics, race, and (most amazingly) denominational distinctives.
6 Stories of Today's Bridge Builders
Leadership Journal, Spring 2005
My Patient Revolution
Creating a place where everyone belongs.
Interview with Mark Jobe
Leadership Journal, Spring 2005
How to Change NYC (and your town)
Tim Keller and Redeemer Presbyterian are making New York an urban church planting center.
Leadership Journal, Winter 2005
When Gay Activists Came to Calvary
I preached on same-sex marriage and the protesters came out.
by Ray Pritchard
Leadership Journal, Winter 2005
High Hopes
Matthew Barnett's secret is to inspire others to dream what God can do—and dream big.
The Leadership Interview
Leadership Journal, Winter 2005
Mother of Invention
Aimee Semple McPherson's Angelus Temple is full once again, as Matthew Barnett takes up her pulpit and two of her passions.
By Eric Reed
Leadership Journal, Winter 2005
Infecting Your Church with the Missions Bug
When the pastor becomes a missions force, the whole church is affected.
Daniel Henderson
Leadership Journal, Fall 2003
Zoning Battles Squeeze Churches
Zoning battles make churches feel unwelcome—and what to do about it.
by Eric Reed
Leadership Journal, Summer 2003
Sometimes You Just Need to Disappear
The best pastoring doesn't happen in the office.
by Gordon MacDonald
Leadership Journal, Spring 2003
Like a Good Neighbor
Six keys to improve your church's reputation within the community.
by John Beukema
Leadership Journal, Spring 2003
A Whole New Attitude
To change a city, we first had to change our church.
by Robert Lewis
Leadership Journal, Spring 2003
Going Native
Settling for "my way" tempts pomos, boomers, in fact, every age group. And it's deadly.
by Alex McManus
Leadership Journal, Spring 2003
The Multi-Site Church
Some of the strengths of this new life form.
by Dave Ferguson
Leadership Journal, Spring 2003
Secret Services
Churches freely provide social services, but neither church nor community realizes to what extent. A new study calculates its value.
by Marshall Shelley
Leadership Journal, Spring 2003
How to Get a Grant
Sources of funding that your ministry just might qualify for.
by Lesley Barker
Leadership Journal, Spring 2003
"Great to Good" Churches
For those who find trying to be great isn't good enough.
by Eric Swanson
Leadership Journal, Spring 2003
Churches in Action
Throughout the country, churches find creative ways to serve their communities.
Leadership Journal, Spring 2003
When Your Neighborhood Changes You
How three Twin Cities churches have adjusted to reach their rapidly changing community.
by Brett Lawrence
Leadership Journal, Spring 2003
Wizard of Odds
Interview with Bishop Vaughn McLaughlin
Leadership Journal, Spring 2003
Graffiti Pastor
He saw the writing on the wall, and stayed on the Lower East Side anyway.
Taylor Field as told to Eric Reed
Leadership Journal, Summer 2002
Taking It to the Street
Instead of keeping prayer within their walls, two Chicago churches are making prayer their gift to the neighborhood.
by James Meeks.
Fall 2001
South Side Showdown
Our streetside confrontation with gangbangers wasn't the first battle to transform our neighborhood.
by James T. Meeks
Leadership Journal, Fall 2000
Turning the Church Inside Out
Attenders become disciples when they minister to hurting people.
by Charles Roesel
Leadership Journal, Winter 2000
Living Color
In increasingly multi-hued neighborhoods, churches will widen their ministries, or wither. The story of one that did it right.
by Charles Lyons
Leadership Journal, Fall 1999
Community from Scratch
How one pastor is building Christian community where it doesn't come easy. An interview with Eugene Rivers.
by Marshall Shelley and Eric Reed
Leadership Journal, Winter 1999
Radical Ministry in Raw Surroundings
The Homeless Church Bus. A two-part photo essay.
by David L. Goetz
Leadership Journal, Fall 1997
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