COVER SECTION

LOOKING MORE LIKE HEAVEN

2020 VISION
by Carolyn Curtis
Peer into the future and see how a major church-planting strategy could change our world.

GOD'S VIEW OF LOSTNESS--CAN YOU SEE THEM?
by Carolyn Curtis
Can your city be saved? Visit Cleveland, Ohio, and see how a church-planting strategy taking place there can open communities across North America to the gospel.

FEATURES

ON MISSION IN THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF BROADWAY
by Anne M. McGee
Living her dream on Broadway, a young woman touches lives and influences the culture right where God wants to use her.

LESSONS FROM THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD
by Nate Adams
What sleepy churches can learn from “The Wizard of Oz.”

SAME CRY, DIFFERENT HUNGERS
by Chris Tiegreen
Learn how to lead a Bible study or Sunday school class for both Christians and non-Christians.

STIRRING THE WATERS
by Ed Stetzer
This third article in a series on missional growth focuses on intentional and strategic church evangelism.

THE POWER OF POSITIONING
by Peggy Mathews Rose
Learn how to position your church’s website for effective ministry.

HOMES FROM HEAVEN
by Karen O’Conner
A mission team from Southern California helps a community on the Mexican border recover from its losses after the season’s heavy rains.

LIVIN' OUT LOUD
by Wesley Black
Hear what pastors and youth ministers are saying are the key values of an exemplary youth ministry.

COLUMNS

STAFF NOTES
Vision for the future by Carol Pipes

AWAKENINGS
The birth of a new church by Henry Blackaby

ANSWER HIS CALL
A role for every church by Bob Reccord

DEPARTMENTS

LETTERS

VITALS

MISSIONARY MAPS

THE PULSE