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Songwriter’s heart for worship leads to music career

January 10, 2023

One day when Jonathan Gamble was 14, he walked into the youth room at Iron City Baptist Church in Anniston and asked Lance and Terra

Longtime missions leader shares 3 ways to ‘bring value to our churches’

January 9, 2023

How do local Baptist associations help impact and equip pastors and churches? Asa Greear, a longtime associational mission strategist and former international missionary, shares three

Gallup and Barna reveal generational shifts in church attendance

January 9, 2023

Early church leaders may not have had to contend with contemporary quandaries like Sunday sports tournaments or debates about online versus in-person attendance, but apathy

What people are looking for on your church website

January 9, 2023

How can you tell what people need to know about your church? Online communication, with the help of analytic data, shows what people are looking

Christian artists adapting to better connect with listeners, build community

January 7, 2023

Singer-songwriter and author Andrew Peterson understands the challenges emerging artists face. Back when he was an independent artist, booking concerts seemed to be the single

10 ways to help your small group become healthier, more effective in 2023

January 6, 2023

As a new year begins, many people resolve to leave bad habits behind while embracing better ones. Among people’s most common resolutions, according to a

First Person: Hope and prayer in the midst of tragedy

January 4, 2023

When all else fails, pray. That’s the response most people make to a crisis — shown once again by the immediate response to the tragic

Making your checklist for church communication in 2023

January 4, 2023

A communication strategy checklist for the new year could be very long for most churches. In fact, trying to get communication correct is a customized,