Over the past decade, churchgoers are more likely to see someone of a different ethnicity in their congregation but less likely to hear about that racial diversity from the pulpit.
Most U.S. adults believe the country would benefit from having a little more religion, but their number is falling.
Every church has that mythical “perfect” Sunday. The worship is powerful. The sermon lands. Everything clicks.
Church and nonprofit leaders who understand how X works today can still build significant influence—but only if they stop treating it like a digital bulletin board or megaphone.
There were real dangers lurking among the crowds that Jesus was feeding, healing and teaching. These same dangers still exist in the congregations we serve today.
You don’t discover your leadership style during a crisis.
When your congregation chooses to reach out to its community context or the people groups God has called you to serve, from a Christ-centered faith perspective, you know your focus is to fulfill the Great Commission in the spirit of the Great Commandment.
You can tell how most conferences will end before the opening session. People arrive excited. The coffee is good. The worship is excellent. Speakers are
You’ve probably heard that old story of the sailors who encountered a man stranded on an island, alone, for many years.
Something has gone wrong with the picture of manhood in our culture. On one side, there is a version of masculinity that measures a man by his toughness, his conquests and his refusal to show weakness. On the other hand, there is an apologetic passivity that has little to offer a young man searching for a worthy vision of what he ought to become.
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