Bible Engagement Impacts Spiritual Maturity
By Ed Stetzer In the Transformational Discipleship study conducted by LifeWay Research, we found biblical engagement to be a key attribute in discipleship. As believers grow in their faith, they should...
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Ed Stetzer Launches New Podcast with Tim Keller as His First Guest
Starting today, the weekly web show of Ed Stetzer, the executive editor of Facts & Trends, is now available everywhere you go. The Exchange is being released as a weekly podcast. From the show’s...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Gospel and Culture
By Ed Stetzer I love research. I’m kind of a nerd that way. I also love the Church. So leading a large Christian research organization committed to producing results that serve the Church works out...
View ArticleEd Stetzer: 3 Tips for Leading as an Extrovert
I know this may come as a shock, but I am an extrovert—a really extroverted extrovert. Both extroverts and introverts have tendencies that can become weakness. The best way to combat this is through...
View ArticleEd Stetzer: The Problem With the Harvest is Not the Harvest
It’s a fascinating thing. When Christians discuss evangelism, we almost always focus on non-Christians. We talk about how hard it is to share Christ with them. They don’t want to listen. Their hearts...
View ArticleEd Stetzer: Reaching Your Neighbors Through Groups
Groups are at the core of the mission of the church. Small groups, done right, are simply communities on mission together. However, a common struggle of groups comes in participating together as a...
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Hard Truths about Multicultural Churches
by Ed Stetzer The church is called to be both an instrument and sign of the kingdom of God. As an instrument, the church is God’s agent in the world showing and sharing the love of Jesus to a broken...
View ArticleIsn’t It Time We Talked about Mental Health?
by Ed Stetzer With the recent onslaught of high-profile tragedies connected with mental illness, many people, Christians and non-Christians alike, are talking about the challenges of mental illness....
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A Path to Spiritual Growth
by Ed Stetzer This issue of Facts & Trends has gone back to the basics a bit. It has aimed to help us understand the gospel better, experience more of God’s love, and be more inspired to live out...
View ArticleLeadership Challenges in Revitalization
by Ed Stetzer I fell in love with church revitalization early in my ministry when I led a church of 35 senior adults during a brief stint teaching at a seminary. The median age of the people was 68. It...
View Article5 Essential Elements of Transformational Small Groups
by Ed Stetzer Transformational discipleship involves moving people from sitting in rows, where they are simply in proximity to one another, to sitting in circles. From there, they move into community...
View ArticleThe Immigration Crisis and the Great Commission
By Ed Stetzer Nothing describes the state of global immigration better than the word “crisis.” More people are migrating today than at any other time in history. Migration occurs for many reasons. For...
View ArticleCan Small Be Healthy?
By Ed Stetzer Many American Christians have this idea that if a church is big, it must be better, but that’s not necessarily the case. Our obsession with “bigness” can be a reflection of American...
View ArticleDisciple-making: Taking the Assembly Line Out of Discipleship
By Ed Stetzer What if we misunderstand the primary function of being a Christian? Jesus told us to make disciples. But is that what we’re actually doing in our churches? When people talk about becoming...
View ArticleEd Stetzer: The Problem With the Harvest is Not the Harvest
Christians like to talk as if it is the non-Christians who make evangelism difficult. "We make it sound like the harvest is the problem," says Ed Stetzer. But, he says, "the harvest seems at least...
View ArticleEd Stetzer: Reaching Your Neighbors Through Groups
One of the easiest ways to use your group as a catalyst for evangelism is to invite your neighbors to your group. Read More » The post Ed Stetzer: Reaching Your Neighbors Through Groups appeared first...
View ArticleHard Truths about Multicultural Churches
There’s a lot of talk in our churches and among pastors, leaders, and scholars about the need for our churches to be more multiethnic and multicultural. But it’s not often accomplished. Read More » The...
View ArticleIsn’t It Time We Talked about Mental Health?
Mental illness carries with it an unfortunate and undeserved stigma to which many church leaders don’t know how to respond to those struggling with mental illness. Read More » The post Isn’t It Time We...
View ArticleA Path to Spiritual Growth
The truth is, having a desire for spiritual growth is not enough in the Christian life. We must be on the path. Read More » The post A Path to Spiritual Growth appeared first on Facts & Trends.
View ArticleLeadership Challenges in Revitalization
Leading a church in revitalization has taught me some invaluable lessons. While the process is often difficult and slow moving, if approached correctly it can reinvigorate and empower God’s people to...
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