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Shut down the bus tours: What older church members should really be doing

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→

Seven Reasons Why We Should Not Accept Millions of Years

There is an intensifying controversy in the church all over the world regarding the age of the earth.

The wife of Morris Cerullo Mrs. Theresa Cerullo has died

Morris Cerullo World Evangelism has publicly announced the passing of Mother Theresa Cerullo. Morris Cerullo passed July 10, 2020 and his wife passed July 30, 2

Why we will no longer be a welcoming church

We’ve decided to quit being a welcoming church. No kidding. We’re giving it up. Like so many congregations, we’ve sunk an amazing amount of time and energy into becoming a welcoming church. We changed worship styles, trained greeters and ushers, wore name tags, brewed coffee, went to workshops on hospitality and put our friendliest people …

Should We Still Dress Our Best for Church?

I’m a millennial and I still think it’s best to wear our best to church. Recently my brother (Jonathan) and his wife (Vera) launched an online tie store called French Thread (shameless …

4 Ways to Balance Leading the Church and Loving the Community

How do we both lead our church and love our community well? And how does this calling inform a church leader's priorities and daily schedule?

What Is a Healthy Way to Leave a Church?

Leaving the church is painful for Christians and pastors, and we've seen a lot of it over the last couple of years through COVID, election crises, and racial crises.

Study Shows Public Health Benefits of Recreational Facilities on Urban Rivers

A new study finds that the cost of building urban river parkways and other recreational facilities is more than offset by the savings in public health costs, such as obesity.

Do Most Christian Organizations Need An App In Addition To Their Responsive Website?

What if the Church Was the Church?

What does it look like to be the salt of the earth? For one thing, it might look like Christians welcoming sinners and eating with them.

What if Churches Started Churches?

Good churches should add “church starting” to the list of ingredients that define their health.

Seven Things the Church isn’t and what the church is.

As a pastor in the 20th century, a part of preparing sermons is coming up with the “phrase that pays.” Sometimes they stick, sometimes they don’t. Sometimes I don’t even rem…

When Is a Church Not a Church?

The tax code allows for some strange political shenanigans.

Why Isn't My Church Like The Church In Acts?

It’s tempting to imagine that the early believers represented a golden era of the Church.

Why Millennials Are Valuable in the Church

What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word millennial? Lazy? Commitment Issues? Entitlement? These are just a few of the major stereotypes that revolve around the millennial generation. But as a millennial myself, I can tell you that these aren’t always true when it comes to my generation. In

Why Online Giving is a Must for Churches

Americans have changed the way they do commerce; fewer people carry checks and often have little to no cash on them. So now, rather than the plate making it easier for members to give, it can actually be an obstacle for your church membership to be generous.

Want to Work at a Church? Go to a Church.

If you want to work at a church, you should go to a church. Don't sit on the sideline and wait for leadership at a church, move towards leadership at church

How Your Church Can Empower a Church in Poverty

Doing this one thing can help empower a church in poverty to be the hands and feet of Jesus to the impoverished in their communities in the developing world.

Winter Is Coming: What Do We Do With The Empty Church Buildings?

If Game of Thrones taught me anything, it’s that “winter is coming.” I’ve seen enough of the show and read enough of the books to know that the fact that winter is coming is not a good thing. Summe…