Partnering with Parents In Student Ministry

As children or youth pastors we want to care for the kids/students in our ministry and one theme that has continued to surface over the last...

Does Social Media Hinder or Help Community In the Local Church?

I just had a great conversation in the doctoral seminar I’m attending at Trinity Seminary. Dr. Bill Donahue, Willow Creek’s guru on small groups...

King David’s Breakthrough Secrets

David is one of the most admired characters in the Bible. He was anointed by God to be king over Israel. And even though...

Confronting the Ghosts of Past, Present, and Future

The movie, A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens is a classic. Ebenezer Scrooge, a ruthless businessman, is visited on the night of Christmas Eve by his...

We Have to Help

I recently came across the story of Eric Kilburn Jr. He’s a great young man, by all accounts. Yet, he was in need. His mother,...

5 Things the Church Needs to Stop Doing ( That Are Not In the...

The Church has more than its share of critics these days. Sometimes the criticism is unwarranted. People project their issues onto a congregation or onto the...

Why Your Church Has to Replace 32 Percent of Its Attendance to Stay Even...

Let’s start with a scenario that your church has an average worship attendance of 100. I use that number for simplicity. The median worship...

A Sneak Peek Into 5 Characteristics of Gen Z Church

Did what happen at Asbury University in February 2023 give us a sneak peek into the future of Generation Z Church? Thomas Jefferson once said,...

5 Expectations Jesus Has of His Church

Jesus said He would build His church, but He chose to do that through us. It’s a divine partnership. His purpose and power, our...

Staying Put In Ministry by Daniel Grothe

I just turned 40 years old. I have been in the church my entire life. I don’t know who I would be apart from...
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12 Things That Tempt Men to Peruse Porn

As I’ve researched the issues caused by porn, I am shocked not just at its moral consequences, but at its social costs, damage to marriages,...

Course Corrections to Church Growth – by Jason Swann

We took over a 36-year-old church rebounding from the moral failure of their Senior Pastor on the other side of COVID. We came in...

Ai and Church Answers: Full Disclosure

Note: This article is original. None of it is AI-generated. (You will understand why I led with this disclaimer later in the article.) Adding to...