Sarah Coleman
For many unbelievers, fun church may seem like an oxymoron. "Church fun, really?" they wonder. You may be wondering the same thing, and you've been part of church your entire life. Church is supposed ...
Jessica Brodie
Before Jesus’s ascension, after the resurrection, he gave his disciples some important information about what he wanted them to do next. Their job, as he explained in Matthew 28, was to “go and make d...
Sarah Coleman
It used to be seen as the right thing to do. So you did it. You made the effort. Walked barefoot through rain, hail, sleet, snow, or shine. You dressed in hats and your Sunday best because that was wh...
Jessica Brodie
From a biblical perspective, “church” is not a building but a people – more specifically the body of Christ in the form of His disciples who follow His way and do His will. While today’s church usuall...
Shelby Turner
What’s the harm in watching the service online rather than attending in person? Or skipping on the weeks our kids have sports games? Or taking a month off to recharge when life is busy? The h...
Stephen Altrogge
To claim that the Bible doesn’t tell us what church should look like allows a person to substitute his own preferences for the clear teaching of scripture. So what does the Bible have to say about chu...
Sam Storms
Membership in a local church is very much in the minds of Christians these days. Is it biblical? Is it necessary? Is it helpful? These and other questions lead to the following ten things you should k...
Chris Russell
Not long ago, I was reminiscing with a pastor friend of mine about the previous couple decades of our ministries. We both noted how commitment to the church seems to be at an all time low. A...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
If you look across the landscape of churches, there are a lot of good ones out there. Unfortunately, there are a lot of bad ones too.For many people, two of the most challenging things to do are to fi...
Meghan Trapp
Churches often find themselves in trouble. Ecclesiology helps us understand what went wrong and where to go next....
Emma Danzey
Do not leave a church immediately but proceed with caution as you see if the church gets back on track, or if not, then begin to search elsewhere. In order for us to be healthy and growing believers, ...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
It would be very easy to just fall back on the stereotypical answers. But I don’t want to do that, because getting men more involved goes beyond just having food and focusing on manly activities. That...
Philip Nation
Sometimes, I need a refresher on leadership. My current ministry is as the pastor for a 128-year old church in a medium-sized coastal town. We are a medium-sized church that is learning to more closel...
Mel Walker
There are some saying the new habit of watching church services at home will continue after the current stay-in-place orders are lifted. Others believe that Christians will miss the fellowship with ot...
Pamela Palmer
Believers are members of God’s household, or God’s family. The phrase “church family” captures the depth of life that people share when they attend the same church. Believers who go to the same church...
Pamela Palmer
In the New Testament, the Apostle Paul referred to the church as the body of Christ. He used this metaphor to relay significant truths about the church and to help believers better understand the valu...
Rachel-Claire Cockrell
When we speak about "the Church" doing this or that, we tend to paint a picture of pastors, elders, or those in leadership at the forefront — as if they bear responsibility for sin issues on the rise ...
Brett McCracken
In our consumer society, where prevailing wisdom says we should be loyal to products or brands only insofar as our needs and tastes are satisfied, it can be easy for churchgoers to have a very low thr...
Annette Griffin
The Church at Sardis, along with the churches in Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Philadelphia, and Laodicea, may have been selected to receive John’s letters because of their geographical locatio...
Kristen Terrette
“Sunday’s always coming.” I said those words many times when I was a children’s ministry director. Our staff and volunteers worked tirelessly to prepare for the upcoming Sunday services and weekly ac...