Revival in America There are spiritual tremors—is a full-scale quake on the horizon? Rediscovering the true reason for the season Just as regularly as the approach of Christmas means an increase in the number of advertisements for perfume on television, so also it means that anti-Christian sceptics will proclaim that
We’re About to See the Biggest Demographic Shift Since the Black Death Not since the 1300s, when the world’s population imploded due to the bubonic plague, have we faced a demographic downsizing of the magnitude projected for the century ahead. Many observers predict the global population will peak in the
How Churches Became the Go-To Spot for Halloween When Gen Xers and Millennials were children, many churches shunned trick-or-treating in the neighborhood. Families were told Halloween events were evil and to be avoided. Around the same time, some churches started offering alternative events for neighborhood families. Today, churches have become
Effective Evangelism Requires Ongoing Discipleship To lead the church to embrace evangelism, determine to take the long view of discipleship that aims at the heart, mind, and hands. Understanding Gen Z Compared to Other Generations It is essential for church leaders to understand Gen Z in relation to previous generations.
The Church and Mission in Europe Today: Changing the Narrative An extraordinary re-evangelization of Europe is underway. I think we can identify three primary dimensions of that re-evangelization. What follows is a summary but you can read much more in my Europe 2021 report. Evangelical Identity When is an evangelical
A Small Church Is Still Part of the Big Mission Don’t let the size of the mission overwhelm your church or distract you from it. The source of the mission is found in Christ alone. What happened in the ten days between Ascension and Pentecost? Between Ascension and Pentecost, the
Doing More Together The way churches are affiliated has changed over the past 20 years. We used to identify churches according to their denominational affiliation; now we are more likely to find a church that affiliates with a network in the place of or in addition to a denomination. To
How to tell if it’s ‘Christian nationalism’ or not Identification as a white evangelical doesn’t necessarily mean a Christian has become a follower of Christian nationalism, but it certainly doesn’t rule it out, said Amanda Tyler, executive director of Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty. Cultural Enemies If you are