Church with Jesse Lee Peterson

Eugene Peterson: What Most Pastors Don’t Know about Pastoring

“We don’t need more words; we need accurate words.”

How to attract millennials to your church

How can your church help millennials see the value in church as a way to grow closer to God?

What alcoholics can teach churches

Daybreak Fellowship blends language of addiction recovery with Christian worship

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→

What Millennials Want When They Visit Church

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?

Why Do Churches Focus So Much On Families?

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

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.

Revitalizing Church—Steps to an Outward Focus

Churches must understand—and move toward—an outward focus

Why You Shouldn’t Give Up On the Church

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

Go Big or Go Home: How "Big" Has Invaded the Church

Is our obsession with big churches rooted in mission our just our desire for “big”?

We’re getting a new pastor! What can I do?

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.

Why Do These Pentecostals Keep Growing?

Many evangelical churches and denominations are in a state of plateau or decline. Why aren’t Pentecostals?

When Is a Church Not a Church?

The tax code allows for some strange political shenanigans.

Is It Important for Me to Become a Member of My Local Church?

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 Your Church Ready for Generation Z?

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.

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.

Where Are You Going Catholic Church?

I encourage you to listen to my church history podcast Triumphs and Tragedies. I'm not a historian by any stretch, and I'm afraid the podcast is more than rough around the edges. It was simply my attempt to give a quick roller coaster ride through twenty centuries of church history so that we can make better sense

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What Makes a Church Powerful?

The church's impact in a community depends on the submission of each individual.

Transitioning a Senior Adult Church to One Who Reaches all Generations

We discuss a recent post on senior adult churches who are wanting to reach a younger generation and the consequences of not being willing to change to do so.