by Derek Sanford | Oct 19, 2026 | Podcast
How do churches develop leaders? Ask a room of pastors what they need most and the answer usually isn’t money. David Ashcraft of the Global Leadership Network told Shane Stacey about a study where 77 percent of pastors and church leaders named leaders as their...
by Derek Sanford | Oct 13, 2026 | Articles
In recent months the news has given us several windows into how casually our culture can treat death. In August, women surrounding Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey cheered and applauded as she signed a bill removing the state’s limits on later abortions....
by Derek Sanford | Oct 12, 2026 | Podcast
What counts as church? The church gathered and scattered You’ve heard it. “I don’t need to go to church. Nature is my church.” Or, “A few buddies and I meet at a coffee shop every week. That’s my church.” In this episode of...
by Derek Sanford | Oct 5, 2026 | Podcast
Does preaching make disciples? Season 4 of Reinventing Church opens with the practice most churches build their week around: the Sunday sermon. Derek Sanford traces preaching from Nehemiah’s wooden platform to the weekend experience of the modern church. Then...
by Derek Sanford | Sep 1, 2026 | Articles
Overweight preachers don’t get to lecture anybody about sin. That was the headline on an Instagram post, over a video of a guy doing shirtless squats. It’s part of a trend. Fill in the blank. If your pastor doesn’t do or say ______ to your liking,...
