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What Is an Executive Pastor?
Understanding an elusive but crucial role in the life of the modern church.

Keeping the Charge as a Young Pastor
Why finding a mentor is crucial to the call of Paul in 1 Timothy 1:18-19.

Stretching Toward Gentleness
When everything seems to be crumbling around us, Jesus sets a countercultural example.


God, Are You Sure?
The strategy of jelly and cheese sandwiches.

Looking Back on Free Church Publications
To celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Evangelical Beacon, let’s continue to pursue unity by telling more EFCA stories.

Developing the Next Generation of Leaders
Partners with the President with Kevin Kompelien.

Unquestioned, Unqualified, Unlimited Pastoral Access
How our digital culture has put pastors on-call and why they shouldn’t be.

A Heart for a Lost Generation
How God called me to reach second-generation Haitians with the gospel.

Creating Disciplemakers, Not Consumers
The story of a pastor who realized his church’s discipleship method wasn’t working—and how they fixed it.

Crises in a Fortnight
How ReachGlobal Crisis Response is helping people affected by three major crises (and what you can do to help).

Press On, Pastor: Your Ministry Matters
Labor for the Lord is never a loss.

A Culture of Its Own
A ReachGlobal worker in Prague sees transformation happen in those attending summer camps—and in himself, too.

How the Church Can Love Trans People
A review of Embodied: Transgender Identities, the Church, and What the Bible Has to Say by Preston Sprinkle

Reflecting on EFCA One 2021
Partners with the President on EFCA One 2021

Together, We Are One-Hundred Year Shepherds
A retired EFCA pastor reflects on ministry in New England

From a Negative Balance to Kingdom Fruit
An outreach pastor at a local EFCA church did not know much about ReachGlobal. But he became an advocate.

The Lord Who Holds Our Tomorrow
A look inside the local church's struggle in southeast Asia
