Monday's Catch: '5 Church Attendance Statistics Every Church Leader Needs to Understand in 2025' And More

5 Church Attendance Statistics Every Church Leader Needs to Understand in 2025

As every church leader knows, what’s happening in your church is, to some extent, a reflection of what’s going on in the culture. And when it comes to church attendance statistics and patterns, culture is changing rapidly. As every church leader knows, what’s happening in your church is, to some extent, a reflection of what’s going on in the culture. And when it comes to church attendance statistics and patterns, culture is changing rapidly.

If I Had to Choose Five Church Metrics to Measure and Follow...
Thom Rainr weighs in on what metrics that he would recommend to help keep a pastor informed and diligent.

7 Ways to Foster a Grateful Church
Does a season of thanksgiving feel out of place in your church? Here are a few suggestions for fostering a grateful church all year round.

Does James Contradict Paul?
No Christian denies that justification is by faith. That is an obvious biblical teaching. The controversy is about whether justification is by faith alone (sola fide).

The Book of Common Prayer – It’s UN-Common!
How long have God’s people been debating about the language and order of worship? Almost as long as we’ve been gathering for prayer and praise.

Start With A Bang! Open Your Sermon Strong
A preacher's worst fear is that the congregation will stop listening. What's far more dreadful is if the people never were listening in the first place.

10 Things Every New Believer Should Know
"I have been a Christian for over 25 years, and God has had to redirect me on multiple things because of what I mistakenly believed early on about being a Christian. And it is better to learn sooner than later."

The Increasing Value of Christian Testimonies
There are various ways we might seek to commend the gospel to people today. But one of the best, in that it addresses questions of both relevance and goodness, is to share our testimony. This includes recounting how and why we came to faith in Jesus, how this changed our life for the better and how God has helped us in some particular situation. We might even speak about how we have wrestled and come to terms with some difficult aspect of Christian teaching.