Anglicans Ablaze

Why do we want to see God’s face when it’s only going to kill us? I recently found myself in worship singing, Open the eyes of my heart, Lor...

Seven influential megachurch pastors took part in live unscripted discussions on different approaches to ministry in the second round of The...

When Synod meets on February 6th-9th, the headline catching debates are on issues such as women bishops and assisted dying. Yet the schedule...

It's okay to not have all the answers. I was talking to a friend recently who is second in command at a publicly traded billion-dollar c...

A pastor must be in a small group. You need to show your congregation that small groups are so important for spiritual growth that even you...

Mark Ingmire points out ten factors Mark Ingmire recently wrote an article called "Evaluating Trust in Your Group" for our trainin...

Q: It seems to me that there would be something to learn from the Eastern Catholic jurisdictions in the United States on that. Have you been...

Delhi is a sprawling, energetic intersection of old and new, wealth and poverty, religion and science. People from across southern Asia come...

While the words "16th century England" likely call to mind images of Shakespeare, Henry VIII, and Queen Elizabeth, one author has ...

The difference between a biblical and a pagan understanding of worship lies in the difference between a verb and a noun. What is worship? Ou...

Barna President David Kinnaman examines the trend Isolationism. One-fourth of 18- to 29-year-olds say church demonizes everything outside c...

The Small Group Show is a free resource distributed to small group leaders, pastors and champions across the country. Hosted by Steve Gladen...

If you’ve been looking for small group leader training resources, you’re going to want to take a look at Leading Small Groups with Purpose. ...

Church Association Tract 60 In undertaking to offer some observations on the testimony given to the Protestant character of the Church of En...

1. "I'm too busy!" (Jesus had a packed ministry schedule but he made time to pray.) 2. "I don't know how to do it rig...

U.S. space weather experts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Tuesday evening that so far they had heard of no pr...

Is the mission of Jesus Christ impossible through our life? Jesus’ Church, which the Bible describes as His Bride, His Family, and His Body,...

A small Haitian-American congregation in Palm Beach County, Fla., is remodeling a closed strip club and will begin to worship there in a few...

Spurgeon said it best: If sinners will be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our bodies. And if they will perish, let them perish w...

You can tell a lot about a community from the inside of a barbershop. Just about everyone, at some time or another, needs a haircut. Yet of ...

Editor's Note: This article was originally posted on The Heritage Anglican Network on February 24, 2011. It is relevant today as they wa...

What's more important? Reaching the lost or growing the reached? Over the past two weeks, the ongoing debate between discipleship and ev...

I’ll get straight to the point: you need to read You Lost Me: Why Young Christians Are Leaving Church...and Rethinking Faith by David Kinna...

Recovering the Christian Mind: Educating the Anglican Ministry Today The story of the up-side down mice (Roald Dahl), as used by Jeremy Begb...

Pastor, how can I spend more time in prayer? What can I possibly talk to God about for an hour? I know an hour seems like a long time to pr...

Power in preaching results in changed lives. Preaching without God’s power, numbs lives. We know that it comes, first and foremost, from per...

Twelve years ago this week, we launched weekly worship services at Mountain Lake Church. Wow. What a ride! God has used me despite my stupid...

How are the new U.S. Catholic ordinariate for former Anglican groups and the 1980 U.S. pastoral provision for Episcopal (Anglican) priests w...

A powerful solar eruption is expected to blast a stream of charged particles toward Earth Tuesday, Jan. 24, as the strongest radiation storm...

Back in the olden days (the mid-1990′s) I preached a few times at a small church (averaging 12 each Sunday) in eastern Arkansas. They had a ...

Churches retool Hispanic outreach after recession impact. One recession-driven social trend is attracting the attention of church growth exp...

Sorry, but you can't reconstruct a stripped down, organic, anti-corporate version of what you think Jesus should be. A talented young be...

I recently conducted a fascinating exercise. I looked at the stories and records of leaders who have failed. While there is some subjectivit...

Christians should understand that being able to give reasons for their faith is not merely an option – it's biblically mandated, says ap...

As I fly home after a week of Winter Conferencing and Sacred Assembling, I have some time to reflect on, as Chairman Murphy says, "What...

Severe weather tore across the Southeast early Monday, killing at least two people and spreading damage through at least two states, emergen...

I discipled my daughter this morning. Not about Jesus; about oranges. In our household these days, we are trying to eat a little healthier. ...

Sometimes on vacation we will write to a friend from some temporary paradise, "I wish you were here". I must say, if you are readi...

"Welcome to the church of what's happening now. Head straight through - it costs nothing but change." - Lyrics from "The ...

Auroras may dazzle more people than usual this weekend as Earth receives a glancing blow from an enormous solar outburst that erupted on Jan...

At least 143 people have been killed in multiple bomb blasts targeting security buildings in Nigeria's second largest city Kano last nig...