Monday's Catch: The Episcopal Church in 2050 and More

The Episcopal Church in 2050 Predictions are circulating that the Episcopal Church will be dead by 2050. This article examines how likely this is and how its deep decline might be slowed and even reversed.

Don’t Misread Scripture with Individualist Eyes In the world of the Bible, as in any other culture, “the most important things usually go without being said.” ...“the Bible was written in a collectivist context by writers who were all collectivists.” In other words, those authors could assume their original readers’ understanding on certain issues.

Reading the Bible With Your Heart (Without Losing Your Head) Becoming better readers of the Bible means learning how to read with our whole selves. But learning this means we may have to break some deeply set habits of approaching Scripture.

To the Pastors Who Are Aout to Preach with Kids in the Room In the 1980s  John Westerhoff and others encouraged US Christians to reconsider their separation of the children from the adults in church.  They argued that "faith is caught, not taught." Children should be exposed to the faith of the entire church, not just the faith of their parents and a handful of volunteers. Now the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing US Christians to reconsider this separation.

Building a Culture of Evangelism Takes Time, So Be Patient and Get to Work Evangelism isn’t just for the “professionals”—pastors, ministers, Bible teachers, and all the rest. Instead, the New Testament teaches that evangelism is the whole church’s job. But asserting the “whole church” does evangelism can be a bit confusing. What does that mean? Is there some special evangelism program hidden somewhere in the pages of the New Testament? Furthermore, what if any relationship exists between our personal evangelism and our church’s outreach ministry?