It's Monday: 'Five Questions Every Church Should Be Asking' and More

Five Questions Every Church Should Be Asking

What questions should every church be asking if there were to be a serious conversation about its future?

Kindness
If we want a kinder world, we can’t wait for everyone else to make the first move. We need to evaluate our own words and attitudes.

5 Reasons to Read Your Bible Beyond Practical Application
Treat personal application as the only consistent outcome for your Bible reading, and you may simply miss out on these other benefits the Lord wishes for you.

Top Ten Healing Do's and Don'ts
Adrian Warnock offers ten tips for Christians who are sick and seeking healing.

5 Thoughts about Christians and Evangelism
Only 3 in 10 unchurched Americans (29%) say a Christian has ever shared with them one-on-one how a person becomes a Christian. Only slightly more say a Christian has told them about the benefits of participating in a local church (33%) or the benefits of becoming a Christian (35%). For 4 in 10 unchurched Americans (40%), they’ve never had a Christian explain any of those things to them.

Conference Sues for Control of Megachurch
After a failed attempt at mediation, the North Georgia Conference trustees have sued Mt. Bethel United Methodist Church seeking the transfer of assets and property.

John Spong, Liberal Icon & Conservative Target, Dies
One of the best-known and most controversial Episcopal bishops in the last half century, the Rt. Rev. John Shelby Spong, died in his sleep September 12 at the age of 90. He served as the VIII Bishop of Newark from 1979 to 2000.