Thursday, September 05, 2019

Thursday's Catch: Wal-Mart Churches and the Need for Community and More


Wal-Mart Churches and the Need for Community

How do we recover churches marked by a true local vision? How does the American church recover a view of the church that is not polluted by the business world? Here are four suggestions. Read More

Five Things We Now Know the Online World Is Doing to Us That Has Never Been Done to Us Before

There are few things more fascinating – and more pressing – to social scientists than to discover what our new digital world is doing to us, particularly the new online world. From an assortment of new surveys and studies, I’ve drawn together five key findings. Some you may have suspected, some may come as a surprise, but all are based on the most recent findings. Read More

Strangely Good News about Millennials and Gen Z (and Some Myths It's Time to Bust) [Podcast]

David Kinnaman, President of the Barna Group, busts some persistent myths about people and culture too many leaders still believe. He also shares findings from his surveys of over 100,000 young adults, what they believe, what bothers them, and how a surprising number still have strong faith, despite what you read about the next generation. Listen Now

Six Principles of Patience in Church Revitalization [Podcast]

Patience is required in church revitalization because when you’re dealing with long-term members, change doesn’t happen overnight and neither does growth. In this podcast Thom Rainer and Jonathan Howe discuss six principles of patience needed in revitalization. Listen Now

A Meditation Before Preaching

It’s Sunday morning ten minutes before the service. How are you feeling? If you had to put it into a word, what would it be? Read More

When Worship Lyrics Miss the Mark

A congregation learns its theology and takes it down into the crevices of their soul by the songs that they sing, not just by the preaching they hear. Read More

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