“If families are drifting from the Lord and diving into sin and putting their faith on cruise control Monday through Saturday, then we are not really a healthy church because that is the church,” said Jonathan Williams.
It is 2033. Enrique Hernandez, associational mission strategist for the Southwest Baptist Association, attended a conference for associational leaders. Returning home, he felt excited, motivated
Most pastors say their churches have policies in place to address significant misbehavior by church members, but few have actually used those policies recently.
Among married pastors, 9 in 10 (89%) say their spouse is enthusiastic about their life in ministry together.
Sound engineers? Your role is far more critical than audio levels, EQ and running a sound board.
While reporting relatively low levels of attendance at Mass, almost half of U.S. adults (47%) say they have a personal or family relationship to Catholicism, a new Pew Research Center survey finds.
Researchers for the multiyear Hartford Institute for Religion Research study found that 46% of some 24,000 churchgoers responding to their survey reported active engagement with more than one church.
The National Survey of Religious Leaders report revealed 35% of all clergy in the U.S. serve bivocationally, holding an additional job outside of their congregational ministry.
If your association catches a vision for imagining itself in the lead missional role in the denomination by the year 2033, you will be proactively different.
Your church can be known this summer for something exciting, fun and life-changing — but only if you promote it with strategy, consistency and heart.
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