Despite decades of declining religious affiliation and church participation in the U.S., a new study says parents who model and share their faith at home tend to reap spiritual dividends, sooner or later.
You spent days walking convention halls, listening to reports, participating in votes, visiting exhibitors, reconnecting with friends and meeting new ministry leaders. The SBC Annual Meeting is an investment of time, money and energy.
Here’s what most church leaders get wrong about the exodus of young people: they blame screens.
There are many ways to prepare for Vacation Bible School (VBS). Prayer is an obvious one. Prayer walking offers every church member an opportunity to lay an intentional, strategic spiritual foundation for ministering to children.
Are active laypersons in your congregation sufficiently captured by God’s empowering vision for your congregation that they can speak from their hearts with spiritual passion
Every year, church leaders leave conferences exhausted. Not all of them leave changed. Why?
A new study found that American Protestant Christians are increasingly less likely to talk about their faith with non-Christians and hesitant to discuss spiritual beliefs even with fellow Christians.
Calvin Ridley, star receiver for the Atlanta Falcons, was suspended for an entire season in 2022 for gambling on NFL games. The following year, 10 NFL and one NHL athlete were suspended for gambling-related infractions.
Philip, an engineer and devoted husband in a family of five that recently moved to town, scheduled a visit with Ryan, the lead pastor of Central congregation. Philip is interested in learning more about this congregation.
Is your congregation more like a living, ever-changing spiritual organism or a religious organization in danger of institutionalization? Your answer makes a tremendous long-term difference in the vitality and vibrancy of your congregation and its Christlike witness.
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