Last week, I casually mentioned a well-respected Christian ministry to a fellow Christian. With vitriol and definitiveness, he blurted out, “They’re not Christians.”
Unfortunately, I’ve seen enough in our Christian culture—even in the last week—to know this is not some rare ugly example of how Christians can treat fellow believers with whom they don’t agree. Arguments [...]

I’ve read two articles recently focusing on how Christians can come together to support a larger cause when it comes to making sacrifices or showing compassion for Lent.
A group of Anglican British bishops are urging Christians to reduce their carbon footprint during Lent.  According to the USA Today, the bishops are asking people to at [...]

I took a course this past fall on church history, covering the time from the New Testament up until the Reformation. I got some good exposure to some historical figures that too often get buried in the past (Athanasius, Basil, and Egeria, to name a few—in addition to the big names like Chrysostom and Augustine)—especially [...]

I’ve written here before about why I believe family focused talk in churches is alienating and excluding Christian singles and childless couples. I was thinking more on the topic recently, and thinking about how family focus also devalues other kinds of important relationships.
For example, I’ve lived with the same roommate for the last 2 years. [...]

One of our recent polls asked for your general thoughts about online church.  The vast majority of you said you’d like online church to disappear from our culture just like hypercolor t-shirts.  It’s an argument I understand.  There is a lot of debate on whether online community is as genuine as in person relationships.
And good [...]

I always have mixed emotions every year when Outreach Magazine releases it list of America’s 100 largest and fastest growing churches.
It’s intriguing to see where these churches are and of course I’m always curious to see which ones around me, if any, made the list. For example, for the first time a church I [...]

God does indeed have a Nation, and it’s the world-wide, multi-ethnic, Spirit-called Church.

It’s probably a dream scenario for most churches in this economy.  A sudden, unexpected gift of $70,000 just shows up in the collection plate.
The 25 member Covenant Life Worship Center in Haslett, Michigan, is in just this position.  But they’re stuck in an interesting predicament.  The money comes in the form of a winning lottery [...]

Rolling Hills Baptist Church in Fayetteville, GA has received a lot of press lately for the decision to sell its brand new building and use the money to take care of those in need in the community. The $1.4 million dollar new facility is nearly paid off, but the congregation overwhelmingly voted to put the [...]

ChurchRelevance.com recently posted some research coming from Ken Ham’s new book Already Gone that takes a look at trends that suggest Sunday school is failing at making long term disciples.
The findings focus on 20 to 29-year-old evangelicals.  Around 95% of those surveyed regularly attended church in elementary and middle schools.  As other research has shown, [...]