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How can your church help millennials see the value in church as a way to grow closer to God?
Like it or not, consumer culture has shaped people’s expectations for church, and this is more true for Millennials than any other generation. So what do they think of church? What pushes them away and draws them in? And when they do visit a church, how are they hoping to be approached?
Daybreak Fellowship blends language of addiction recovery with Christian worship
So how do you engage older church attendees… say people over age 50? The question’s been around a long time. And, as most church leaders could tell you, it’s a bit of a loaded question. It’s also a question I’m...Read More→
In an era of evangelicalism where there are church ministries built around the idea of “family,” marriage has become the focus of countless books and sermons and “family friendly” entertainment has become synonymous with “Christian” entertainment, is there a risk of distorting what the biblical inte
There is an intensifying controversy in the church all over the world regarding the age of the earth.
Churches must understand—and move toward—an outward focus
I grew up in the Church. No really, I grew up in the church.<br>As a pastor’s kid, I spent countless hours in church and doing church activities. I am a church native and familiar with all its quirks and cultural oddities, with all its strengths and all its failings. As the son of prominent evangelic
Is our obsession with big churches rooted in mission our just our desire for “big”?
Church revitalization is a big deal today – as it should be. One reason we talk about this topic, though, is the church’s failure to produce disciples.
When leadership changes, so do churches. A pastor who has been there before shares lessons learned and tips to make things work well right from the start.
Many evangelical churches and denominations are in a state of plateau or decline. Why aren’t Pentecostals?
The tax code allows for some strange political shenanigans.
I think the answer is that you should be a church member. But that's not even a clear word—what does "member" mean? The local church—not just the global church, but the local church—is a body. There's global membership in the body universal, and there's local membership in the body ...
Is the church ready for Generation Z? We sat down with some members of the generation and many don't believe the church is ready for them.
It’s tempting to imagine that the early believers represented a golden era of the Church.
The church's impact in a community depends on the submission of each individual.
My honeymoon period with the Church has ended.<br>Did I idolize the Church when I first discovered the beauty of it? Probably a little bit. But more so, I like to think that, with my big new faith, I was seeing the Church for all it was meant to be. It was a place to see God’s love and grace in actio
5 types of strategically small churches, and 4 types of stuck churches. Which one are you?