If you're copying another church, you’re not being the church God called you to be. And the kingdom of God is poorer for not having your voice in it.
Small churches try to imitate larger churches, even cathedrals, backward-looking churches try to recreate churches of the past, and denominations and dioceses or their equivalent try to force churches under their jurisdiction into same mold.How small congregations can flourish
Small churches have distinctive strengths that The United Methodist Church should embrace, argues a new report from Wesleyan Impact Partners.
That’s important since most U.S. United Methodist churches, and Protestant churches in general, are small.
The report profiles nine congregations across the U.S. — most of which average 50 or less in worship but excel in community impact.
The congregations, which are thriving in both rural and urban settings, share certain qualities.
The rise of the Jim Crow theobros
A group of Reformed pastors and influencers has wedded old-school segregationist theology with the hypermasculinity of the manosphere and the savvy of the attention economy to preach and sell white supremacy, antisemitism and patriarchy to angry young men. Its audience is small but growing, and their movement has ties to powerful religious and political figures.
‘The Pendragon Cycle’ is a fantasy of Christian masculine power
Even as ‘The Pendragon Cycle’ attempts to entertain broad audiences, it also hopes to win territory in a culture war as a defense of white Christian men and their right to rule the world.
Michael Scott’s Christian nationalism
Evangelicals don’t need a highly unlikely and historically worrisome confusion of church and state to accomplish our goals.
World Relief, 3,500 Evangelicals Urge Trump To Raise Refugee Cap, Prioritize Persecuted Christians
World Relief is calling on the Trump administration to set a higher ceiling on the number of Christian refugees admitted to the United States. In a letter signed by nearly 3,500 evangelical Christians, the Christian humanitarian organization urged the president to “prioritize Christians and other religious minorities fleeing religious persecution.”
Also See: Trump administration again omits refugees fleeing religious persecution from US programWhat Is Eco-Anxiety (and How Can the Church Help)?
A change in information diet is a good first step, but the church has something better to offer people struggling with eco-anxiety: hope.
Do We Make Too Much or Too Little of Angels?
Are evangelicals obsessed with angels and demons? Or do evangelicals not give enough attention to the unseen realm?
How you respond to this question will likely be driven, at least in part, by your background and church experiences, and perhaps your faith tradition.
What the SBC’s new survey on worship leaders says and doesn’t say
The Southern Baptist Convention released a large-scale study on worship leaders in SBC churches last week, and while the results may be alarming, they should not be surprising.
Your Greek Bible Is Changing. Don’t Freak Out. (Part 2)
This essay is the second part of a reflection on new resources for students of the Greek New Testament, including pastors and seminarians. Having discussed the basics of textual criticism in part 1, we turn now to the history of translation and then a review of the new resources.
5 Halloween Alternatives for Your Children’s Ministry
Check out these five Halloween alternatives for your children’s ministry so kids can still enjoy the fall season—without the scary parts.
Hallowe'en or Hallow Even is the eve of Hallowmas, All Hallows Day, otherwise known as All Saints Day. It is also known as All Hallows Eve. As an alternative to trick or treating, plan activities that focus on the feast day for which Hallowe'en is the eve, a feast day on which we commemorate the hallows, the holy ones, the saints of the Church.
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