"How do you know when fear is motivating you?" asks Rick Warren. "You have an intense desire to run." (Courtesy of NACC 2012)

We've confused evangelism with discipleship, says Alan Hirsch. "Every disciple is an agent of the king and ought to be released as such." (From NACC 2012)

"If you try to care about everything," says Pastor Todd Clark, "you'll soon find out you don't have the bandwidth to care about anything." (Courtesy of NACC)

If you just do normal church, it will die. That's what kills churches every day. (From NACC 2011)

Before the consulting process begins, a church has some work to do. Use these guidelines to get any church ready for change. (From the Society for Church Consulting's Level 1 training - www …

When Todd Clark planted a church, he didn't know Francis Chan was in the same town. (Courtesy of NACC)

Aubrey Malphurs says it's okay to measure ministry results - in fact, it's biblical. (From the Society for Church Consulting's Level 1 training - www.churchconsultation.org)

Why talk about mission? It's the essence of why your church was put on the earth. (From the Society for Church Consulting's Level 1 training - www.churchconsultation.org …

In the Bible, God often delivered his leaders at the last possible moment from impossible situations, says Bob Russell (at NACC 2012.)

"If you can't speak up boldly for marriage, the first institution that God created, what can you speak up for?" (Bob Russell at NACC 2012)

"The tide will go out many times in your life, but it always comes back in. Hang on." (Rick Warren at NACC 2012 in Orlando, Fl.)

Leaders, turn your speakers up and slow everything else down for a couple minutes while you listen to this incredible bit of guitar playing at the North American Christian Convention.

In less than 5 minutes, Rick Rusaw, senior pastor of LifeBridge Christian Church, summarizes his life story leading up to his salvation and calling. An encouragement for leaders engulfed by not-so …

Pastor Rick Rusaw needed to get away to a friend's ranch and hear some hard truth. "You are terrible at getting grace for yourself," his friend said. (From NACC 20120)

Todd Clark planted Discovery Christian Church in Los Angeles. It grew beyond everyone's expectations. But Todd's burnout grew, too. "I had flourished myself to death and was planning my escape …