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4 Reasons VBS is Mission-Critical for Your Entire Church
If churches stop doing VBS, how will millions hear the gospel and tens of thousands make new commitments to Jesus Christ?
Biblical Literacy in the Church: Three Benefits
Biblical literacy is critical to healthy church members and churches. Explore the Bible can help your members dwell in the Word as it dwells in them richly.
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
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
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.
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?
What Is the Missional Church? (Part 2)—The Missional Manifesto, Continued
Today, we continue to look at the Missional Manifesto and how churches can actively equip their people to live on mission.
Why Do ‘Baptist’ Missions?
Although the church’s global mission forces us to think beyond our tribes, baptism matters deeply in missions.
12 Tips to Supercharge VBS
Supercharge VBS - As a children’s pastor, I’ve led a lot of VBS events and kids camps. For many years the events were good, but nothing spectacular. That’s when I changed my approach and implemented new principles.
What to Do When the Mission Field Fills Your Church
Some years ago, I served as a youth minister. As I came to learn, working with children and adolescents can be quite the education. Young people demand that we get to the point quickly, and that we make the message accessible and authentic. But what I m
What Makes a Church Missional?
Freedom from cultural captivity does not mean freedom from tradition.
What is the Missional Church? (Part 6)—Having Beautiful Feet
Feet that carry the gospel are beautiful no matter how ugly they may be otherwise.
When Is a Church Not a Church?
The tax code allows for some strange political shenanigans.
3 Reasons to Ask Great Questions to Those You Lead
Genesis 3 and 4 is not about leading a staff or providing leadership to a group of people, but there are implications for us as Christian leaders want to lead others the way God leads us.
