We’re currently living in the largest and fastest religious shift in U.S. history.
Every Culture Welcome: How Growing Churches Are Reaching Different Ethnic Groups
Churches on the Outreach 100 Fastest-Growing Churches list are unique and varied, but one characteristic they share that often goes unnoticed is that many of them are reaching different ethnic groups. While these churches’ stories are as diverse as their members, the principles they follow can help a church, no matter its size, reach its entire community.
5 Vision Killers
Casting vision is a key role every pastor must fill. Yet sometimes corporate attitudes and unhealthy cultures can get in the way.
Pastors, churches still struggling in throes of ‘uncertainty and unsettledness’ post-pandemic: study
In a time of “uncertainty and unsettledness” following the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns, churches are still struggling to attract young people to the pews, address concerns about aging clergy and congregants, and commit to doing what it takes to ensure their future survival, a new study conducted by the Hartford Institute for Religion Research at Hartford International University shows.
The latest research findings indicate that COVID-19 is not seasonal like influenza and RSV and outbreaks of the disease and surges in infections may occur at any time in the year, pointing to a need for the United States to change its vaccine development and vaccination strategy and churches to modify their contigency plans.On the other side of the pandemic, the report from America’s churches is mixed
Increases in attendance, giving and participation, and a decline in internal squabbling, may signal America’s churches are emerging from the dark days of the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath, new research shows. But the study — “Back to Normal? The Mixed Messages of Congregational Recovery Coming Out of the Pandemic” — also found Mainline, evangelical, Black and multiracial churches in the United States are not out of the woods yet when it comes to the lingering consequences of the coronavirus outbreak.
When ‘liberal talking points’ are the gospel
When the gospel can be interpreted as “liberal talking points” there’s trouble brewing.
Standing Firm in a Culture of Gender Confusion
Our culture is confused about gender, but so are our churches... Amid such gender confusion and warfare, how should pastors respond and engage?
Want to grow your faith? Read Psalms
For thousands of years, the Psalms have provided Jews and Christians with a guide for their faith. They have been a powerful worship and prayer tool giving life direction. Here are three reasons the Psalms have been so influential and how they can be used by you to grow your faith.
5 Ways to Deepen Your Prayer Life
Prayer can be hard work. But it is also a joyful and rewarding practice. As we continue to deepen our life of prayer, we’ll find that we crave it when the busyness of life has edged it out.
A Place to Grow
The church has a unique opportunity to allocate its precious resources to teaching our children the spiritual disciplines they need to grow in faith and service. Kids’ ministry programs can provide the foundation for the teaching, mentorship and preparation kids need to stand, crawl, walk, run and finally fly from childhood, through their youth, to become spiritually mature adults. There are many ways to do this well, and one of those ways is by creating dedicated spaces to help kids truly absorb and experience God’s love.
4 Ways Missions Discipleship Shapes the Children in Your Church
Children who experience these areas of missions discipleship learn to take ownership of how they serve others in the community and world.
10 Ways to Ignite Fervent Prayer in Your Small Group
Praying in a small group can be intimidating for those who haven’t done it before. You’d be surprised how many people are not used to praying out loud with other people around them listening in. This is an essential spiritual practice for all believers to develop because agreement in prayer among two or more believers sparks the outworking of God’s will on earth as it is in heaven and strengthens the community of His Church (Matthew 18:18-20). As the small group leader, you can ignite a passion for prayer in your group by engaging in these practices....
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SOM Begins Again
"The purpose of the School of Ordained Ministry in the Diocese of Northwest Texas (SOM) is to provide a quality theological education for the formation of priests and deacons. It focuses this education on talented students, who for various reasons cannot attend a residential seminary." After a 2-year hiatus, SOM has begun again with a new group of 5 students who gathered the last weekend in August at the Hulsey Episcopal Center in Lubbock to begin/continue their theological education.
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