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The United Methodist Church’s experience with the disaffiliations of a number of its congregations has received widespread coverage in church media and in some secular media outlet...
For 18 years, Jim Somerville has done something many pastors talk about but far fewer actually attempt. He has led a historic congregation to change. This change isn’t merely cosme...
This week I found myself reading the article that Spectrum magazine posted about the beautiful life and legacy of my predecessor, Pastor Leif Lind. I was inspired to read about his...
Raise Your Church’s Capacity: 3 Moves To Make Now Todd Wilson has spent decades studying the American church. His diagnosis is direct: The church growth movement started with the r...
In early 2026, I was invited to participate and help facilitate a conversation with clergy from around the country as a part of a Zoom conversation hosted by Baptist Joint Committe...
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Every Church Needs the Global Church From the day of Pentecost, when the Spirit blew into the upper room, the church has been a global people. It can be easy for Western Christians...
Logo of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Louisville, Kentucky (Closed April 24)How the Modern Church Was Shaped: The Seminary Class Every Church Leader Actually Needs Most church leade...
Mary Julia Koch, Wall Street Journal "Compassion," the preacher proclaimed, is "mercy in action," adding: "I can also show you one small rhetorical tweak that...
From the very beginning, Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s writings centered around the life of the church. The church, its calling and welfare, was his passion. As a young doctoral student, h...
Episcopal Mission of Franklin, New HampshireWhen Churches Start Thinking Beyond Mere Possibility Most churches do not lose faith overnight. They simply begin to think differently....
The Danger of “Realistic” Thinking Without Faith Every church needs realism. Leaders should understand their context. They should know their numbers. They should face challenges h...
Messiah Lutheran Church, Fairview Park, Ohio President and CEO, Community West Foundation My wife, Laura, and I are active at Messiah Lutheran and have many friends there. We lean...
What we lose when churches stop naming themselves A church may drop “Baptist,” “Methodist,” “Presbyterian” or “Pentecostal” from the sign. It still has convictions about baptism, m...
by Dr. Sydney Freeman, Jr. & Dr. Michael C. Mickens | 29 May 2026 | In early Adventism we find a crucial corrective to the eroding influence and participation of the laity...
The rise of U.S. authoritarianism requires Americans to be deliberate in living their faith, Sojourners founder Jim Wallis said during a webinar hosted by Interfaith Alliance. “Fai...
I have become conscious, as a lifelong pastor, of two things. One is that the Seventh-day Adventist Church (at least here in North America) isn’t thriving in most places. Many cong...
Five Types of Unmovable Church Members Change is a challenge in any organization and especially in churches. Jess and Thom discuss the five types of church members who resist chang...
Mark Tooley, Liberalism.org The liberal Christianity of the American founding came from authentic, in-person faith communities. Can it survive in a time of influencers and vertica...
Church Multiplication: 5 Paradigm Shifts to Move Beyond Addition Why are we seeing so few churches that are actually reproducing and multiplying and not simply adding? The Burge R...
Church Attendance Trends: What Pastors Need to Know About the Next Generation In recent decades, America’s churches have felt emptier. Shifting worship numbers have forced ministri...
Why First-Time Guests Don’t Return—Even When They Say They Will Thom Rainer draws attention to a critical factor in determing whether first-time guests return--"something deeper—so...
Posting an image of himself as Jesus, making apocalyptic threats against Iran and criticizing Pope Leo XIV gave faith leaders and political strategists plenty to condemn about Pres...
By Ryan Danker, Juicy Ecumenism. On April 20 IRD’s John Wesley Institute (JWI) hosted the Second Annual Tennent Lecture in Washington, DC. Dr. Timothy Tennent spoke on, “Longing fo...
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