Christmas Eve is one of the greatest opportunities your church has to reach unchurched people. In fact, our consulting and coaching work consistently shows that churches welcome more unchurched guests on Christmas Eve than on any other day of the year.
Is your church ready to make the most of this opportunity?
Join Thom Rainer and Sam Rainer as they share 12 practical ways to prepare your church for Christmas Eve guests. You’ll discover often-overlooked details that can make a lasting impression, common mistakes churches should avoid, and simple ways to turn a first-time visit into a meaningful connection.
Don’t miss this opportunity to prepare your church for one of the most important outreach days of the year! Reserve your spot for this free webinar!
Christian Crusaders want another January 6
The Christian Crusaders are planning another insurrection on January 6.
Despite — or perhaps because of — a Democratic margin of victory so significant on Tuesday that not even Donald Trump could claim foul, some white evangelicals are not willing to accept defeat.
In the 2026 midterms, the Rev. Adam Hamilton and James Talarico emphasized their Christian faith but won stronger support among nonreligious voters than among Christians.
Lessons From Higher Education’s Decline That Could Help Revitalize Your Church
Hanover Research studies hundreds of colleges and universities every year. Their 2026 Trends in Higher Education report names five forces reshaping campuses right now.1 I read the report as a revitalization pastor, not a provost, and one thing jumps out immediately. I had this thought that every crack that seems to be in higher ed is a crack we might already know how to diagnose.
The institutions closing this year aren’t the ones with the worst problems. They’re the ones that never assessed the real ones. In this article, we will walk through the five cracks and discover how they apply to church revitalization.
Alister McGrath: New Atheism has ‘tanked’
Twenty years on from Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion, New Atheism has “tanked” according to one of the movement’s most outspoken opponents, former professor of divinity, Alister McGrath.
Should I Leave My Church? 9 Honest Questions to Answer Before You Go
Most people who leave a church never announce it. They miss a Sunday, then a month. The small group text thread goes quiet. By the time anyone on staff notices, the family has been sitting in the back row of another congregation across town since Easter.
The real decision came a long time ago. It came on a drive home, or at the kitchen table, when somebody finally said out loud what they had been thinking for a while: I don’t think this is our church anymore.
If you are at that table now, this article is for you. It is also for your pastor, who has watched this happen more times than most pastors wish to admit.
How Memorizing the Sermon on the Mount Reorders My Heart
By absorbing and obeying Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount, we can create a feedback loop that enlarges his kingdom rule over our lives.
Is your church ready to make the most of this opportunity?
Join Thom Rainer and Sam Rainer as they share 12 practical ways to prepare your church for Christmas Eve guests. You’ll discover often-overlooked details that can make a lasting impression, common mistakes churches should avoid, and simple ways to turn a first-time visit into a meaningful connection.
Don’t miss this opportunity to prepare your church for one of the most important outreach days of the year! Reserve your spot for this free webinar!
Christian Crusaders want another January 6
The Christian Crusaders are planning another insurrection on January 6.
Despite — or perhaps because of — a Democratic margin of victory so significant on Tuesday that not even Donald Trump could claim foul, some white evangelicals are not willing to accept defeat.
Also See: Here’s who’s behind the next Capitol insurrectionSecular voters are increasing. Can ‘the nones’ become a political force?
In the 2026 midterms, the Rev. Adam Hamilton and James Talarico emphasized their Christian faith but won stronger support among nonreligious voters than among Christians.
Lessons From Higher Education’s Decline That Could Help Revitalize Your Church
Hanover Research studies hundreds of colleges and universities every year. Their 2026 Trends in Higher Education report names five forces reshaping campuses right now.1 I read the report as a revitalization pastor, not a provost, and one thing jumps out immediately. I had this thought that every crack that seems to be in higher ed is a crack we might already know how to diagnose.
The institutions closing this year aren’t the ones with the worst problems. They’re the ones that never assessed the real ones. In this article, we will walk through the five cracks and discover how they apply to church revitalization.
Alister McGrath: New Atheism has ‘tanked’
Twenty years on from Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion, New Atheism has “tanked” according to one of the movement’s most outspoken opponents, former professor of divinity, Alister McGrath.
Should I Leave My Church? 9 Honest Questions to Answer Before You Go
Most people who leave a church never announce it. They miss a Sunday, then a month. The small group text thread goes quiet. By the time anyone on staff notices, the family has been sitting in the back row of another congregation across town since Easter.
The real decision came a long time ago. It came on a drive home, or at the kitchen table, when somebody finally said out loud what they had been thinking for a while: I don’t think this is our church anymore.
If you are at that table now, this article is for you. It is also for your pastor, who has watched this happen more times than most pastors wish to admit.
How Memorizing the Sermon on the Mount Reorders My Heart
By absorbing and obeying Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount, we can create a feedback loop that enlarges his kingdom rule over our lives.
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