Pastor, Missiologist, Mobilizer…
This article originally appeared on OutreachMagazine.com. According to the Bible, Christians have dual citizenships. While we may be a citizen of the country of our…
Continue reading → Appealing to Caesar: Leveraging the Rights of our Earthly Citizenship
This blog post originally appeared in Outreach Magazine's print edition. As leaders, I’m sure most of us have a mission and vision statement. There are…
This is Part 5 of a series I wrote with Ed Stetzer on Church Discipline. After looking at the previous four parts of church discipline…
Continue reading → The Individual’s Responsibility in Church Discipline
This is Part 4 of a series I wrote with Ed Stetzer on Church Discipline. Although church discipline is reserved for the shepherds of God's…
Continue reading → Church Discipline in a Christian Non-Profit?
This is Part 3 of a series I wrote with Ed Stetzer on Church Discipline. In Part 1, the practice of church discipline was grounded in…
Continue reading → The Pattern and Practice of Church Discipline
This is Part 2 of the Church Discipline series that I wrote with Ed Stetzer. As we noted in Part 1, God compares himself to a…
This is part 1 of a series I wrote with Ed Stetzer on Church Discipline. Church discipline. Those two words can bring a multitude of…
Continue reading → The Way of the Shepherd: The Biblical Foundation of Church and Church Discipline
We’re living in a time of unprecedented change—secularism, science, technology, communications, migration, generational differences, political pendulum swings, and more. Within this tornadic environment, the church…
Continue reading → There is a Balm in Gilead: A Missional Strategy for Churches in the 21st Century
A version of this article originally appeared on Outreachmagazine.com. I come from a small business family. Growing up my dad owned an industrial painting company…
Continue reading → The Power of Small: Leveraging the Advantages of a Small Church
This is Article 4 in a series I wrote with Ed Stetzer. Question 3: In what areas is greater collaboration most critical in order to…
Continue reading → Better and More Effective Together: Accelerating the Great Commission
Josh Laxton 