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Church membership, same-sex marriage views, sports among 10 ministry trends to watch in 2025
As pastors and church leaders think about ministering to their congregations and communities in 2025, they should keep these 10 trends in mind.
As pastors and church leaders think about ministering to their congregations and communities in 2025, they should keep these 10 trends in mind.
“As we’re preaching and teaching, it would be so much better if we knew our church members were reading and studying the Word of God on their own,” said Dwayne Milioni, pastor of Open Door Church in Raleigh, North Carolina.
In January, around 4,000 ministry leaders and volunteers will gather in Nashville, Tennessee, Houston and Fort Worth, Texas, and Ridgecrest, North Carolina, for Lifeway’s annual Vacation Bible School Preview events.
A Lifeway Research study finds U.S. adults are split on whether they’ll be at church sometime this Christmas — 47% say they typically attend church at Christmastime, while 48% say they do not, and 5% aren’t sure.
A Lifeway Research study asked 1,200 U.S. adults their level of agreement with 10 statements related to issues of consumerism and contentment. Most Americans find themselves with a mix of values.
Lifeway Christian Resources released its latest Bible study by Preston Perry, Everyday Evangelism: Pursuing Hearts, Not Arguments, focused on equipping the everyday believer to share their faith with confidence and to engage non-Christians
Here are seven ways the church can support military families as Veteran’s Day approaches.
Four in 5 U.S. Protestant churchgoers (80%) believe a pastor must address current issues to be doing their job, according to a Lifeway Research study. Few (16%) disagree, and 4% aren’t sure.
Lifeway’s B&H Publishing Group partnered with 2K/DENMARK and Cambridge University to release the CSB Grace Bible for Kids, a first-of-its-kind Bible for readers with dyslexia, available this fall.
Holman Bible Publishers is partnering with Our Daily Bread Publishing (ODBP), the authorized publishing partner for The Oswald Chambers Publications Association, Ltd., to create a new Bible resource, The CSB Oswald Chambers Bible.