Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Tuesday's Catch: '4 essentials to leading change in a rural church context' And More


4 essentials to leading change in a rural church context
This article is an excerpt from the book Four Essentials - Leading Effective Change in a Rural Church Context.

7 Encouraging Trends in Global Christianity for 2023
Even if many U.S. churches are facing challenges, global Christianity is advancing in ways previous generations could have only imagined.

What Does It Mean to Love Your Neighbor?
...are there any limits on the ways that Christians should pursue relationships with nonbelievers?

Living into Baptism through Diakonia
A article on the diaconate from a United Methodist perspectve. In the United Methodist Church the diaconate is a lay order.

5 Qualities to Seek in the Heart of a Leader
The heart of a leader is more important than any other characteristic.

All About That Tenor: Why Men Don’t Sing in Worship
Music experts say we don't need more "manly songs," but we do need to help lower voices find their place.
If you do not have a CT subscription, you can read this article by copying the page and then pasting it in a Word document.
It Will Be Well – PDF’s & Postcards From 700 Years Ago
Free post card ad Instagram images to use to encourage congregatios and frieds.

Reaching Gen Z Students Before They Graduate
...how can we as Christ-followers individually, and our churches corporately, begin to reach the Gen Z teens where we are? Here are seven steps you can take to make an impact and shift the tide of a generation back to Jesus.

7 Tips for Leading Small Group Worship
The two most significant barriers to having meaningful worship in small groups are musical leadership and the misconception that worship is synonymous with music. Biblical worship is, of course, more than music and is not synonymous with it (see Romans 12).

Disciples of Christ lost one-fifth of its membership from 2019-2022: report
The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) has lost about one-fifth of its members from 2019 to 2022 as the mainline Protestant denomination's membership is only a fraction of what it was in 2000, according to a new report.

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