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10 Ways To Grow As A Worship Leader

Want to grow as a worship leader? Here are ten pieces of advice from seasoned worship leaders about how to grow as a worship leader.

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Risk & Adventure in a Pandemic

Is the gospel dangerous? Absolutely. It demands your life, submission to King Jesus instead of submission to self. In fact, it will actually call us to die to ourselves, and for some to even risk their lives. But the logic of the gospel is not denial for denial's sake. It's much more.

Disciplemaking Movements, Then And Now

Down the years the church has wrestled with the question of what it means to make disciples. Here's a simple tool that anyone can use to do just that.

5 Ways to Keep from Burning Out in Ministry

By God’s grace, you can thrive over the long haul in ministry. Longevity in ministry can happen. Here are five ways to experience health and longevity in ministry.

7 Ways Adoptive and Foster Parents Can Survive and Thrive

Adoption and foster care can be so overwhelming that it takes all the focus and energy that parents can muster to survive and provide what they feel is best. Here are 7 ways to survive and even thrive.

5 Simple Ways You Can Develop A Culture of Care

While there are many programs that a church can employ to help them care for people the best path to being a caring church is to create a culture of care. Here are five simple ways you can do this:

Two Challenges to Navigating Our Culture

There are challenges and landmines to navigating culture well. Two in particular could destroy your discipleship and evangelism efforts. Here are the main ones (and what to do about it).

3 Styles of Discipleship

Sometimes our discipleship focuses too heavily on either thoughts, emotions or actions. By understanding the three styles of discipleship, we can get to a more holistic approach to developing people.

The Mic Is Not The Only Way To Lead

Dhati Lewis shares the misconceptions behind true leadership.

Top 18 Books of 2018

Here are a few of our favorite books that we at Verge can recommend, and would love for you to pick up one (or all of them!) and be inspired, challenged, and deepened in your walk with Jesus.

Counseling Others (And Yourself) With The Gospel

If you’re living on mission you will invariably need to counsel others or be counseled yourself. Shanda Anderson helps us take a deeper look at what that looks like in real life.

Discipleship and Identity

Discipleship starts with understanding our identity in relationship with God. Karen Ellis unpacks this and how this perspective informs discipleship.

Top 4 Barriers to Effective Evangelism (And How To Avoid Them)

There are 4 major barriers to effectively sharing the Gospel, or 4 major traps that most people fall into. Find out what they are and how to avoid them.

How This Bible Verse Can Totally Transform Your Group or Church

Take the Matthew 25 Challenge and watch what happens.

Defining Discipleship

What is discipleship? K.A. Ellis gives a snapshot of this often misunderstood mark of the Christian life.

One Of The Best Community Outreach Events For Your Church, Group or Missional Community

We all have a desire to create intentional community with our friends, in our neighborhoods, and within our church. But how do we invite our neighbors and friends into our community in a meaningful way? Here's how.