Tomorrow churches across the country will celebrate “Sanctity of Life Sunday,” a day in which we celebrate God’s gift of life,...

I’m often asked about the way I prepare my sermons. This is, by no means, a standard for all preachers. In fact, it may highlight the...

I recently had the distinct (and rather surprising) pleasure of being interviewed by a Ph.D. student about the way I prepare my sermons....

I’ve often said that for Christian leaders, politics is like a skunk: touch it and that’s all anyone will notice about you for a long...

At the Summit, we’ve come a long way when it comes to racial and cultural diversity. And by God’s grace, we’ve still got a ways to go....

The following is an excerpt from Gaining by Losing: Why the Future Belongs to Churches that Send. The book comes out July 28, but if you...

Years ago, while living in an overwhelmingly Muslim country, I (Chris) was privileged to hear a talk from Nik Ripken about the persecuted...

I recently spent some time with long-time pastor Steve Stroope, who’s been in the ministry now for forty years. We talked a lot about...

The following coincides with a book I am releasing this August, called Gaining by Losing: Why the Future Belongs to Churches that...

Sadly, most of us can all too easily recount stories of pastors who betrayed their congregations, who hurt the very people God had called...

My wife and I have three daughters—aged 11, 9, and 7. (We managed to sneak a little boy in there at the end, but ours is still a house...

One of our worship leaders, Matt Papa, often says that songs are sermons people remember. I still remember the first time I heard him say...

I’ve recently been reading through Tim Keller’s book Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God. That combination—awe and...

This weekend we at the Summit celebrated Vision Weekend, as we rejoiced in what God has done at our church over the past year—and look...

I (Chris) recently noticed a tweet pointing to an article entitled “The Two Sins of Multi-Site,” by pastor and theology professor David...

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One of our pastors, Jonathan Welch, recently came across this intriguing little quote by Abraham Kuyper in some of his PhD research....

In this four-part blog series, we attempt to answer the question: is it possible to pursue multi-site in a biblically faithful way? We’re...

In this four-part blog series, we attempt to answer the controversial question: is it possible to pursue multi-site in a biblically...

In this four-part blog series, we answer the simple but controversial question: is it possible to pursue multi-site in a biblically...