The One Thing that Solves Most Church Problems (Only 1% of Churches Actually Do This) Church health will not improve until ongoing evangelism returns. A recent Church Answers poll found that only 1% of churches have an ongoing evangelism effort. This finding corroborated a more extensive longitudinal study we’ve been
When it comes to preventing abuse, are all churches equal? As an Anglican bishop faces a church trial for allegedly minimizing abuse and misconduct, observers are wondering: Could this have happened anywhere? I have been a longtime observor of the Anglican Church in North America from the pre-GAFCON, Common Cause-Anglican
With Eyes to See Addiction, Appalachian Churches Respond to the Opioids Crisis As the toll of overdoses continue to rise, congregations provide recovery, medical care, and redemption. America’s loneliness epidemic is the church’s calling In a recently released advisory, the U.S. Surgeon General raised an alarm about the “devastating impact
Eight Ways Any Church Can Get the Attention of the Neighborhood God’s mission travels in one vehicle: the church. In the same way that different kinds of vehicles travel our roadways, many different churches share the good news message. No congregation has a corner on the Kingdom, and every Bible-believing
The Presbyterian Church in America Has an Abuse Crisis Too Women thought the PCA, with its robust system of governance, might provide some accountability. They found that was not the case. Love Where You Live: Evangelism in Disorienting Times …it would be a mistake to view the decline of cultural
Americans Believe in Easter Resurrection But Aren’t Sure Why It Matters Despite accepting the biblical accounts of Jesus’ resurrection, many Americans see little connection with their daily lives. Did Jesus Rise From the Dead? Three Historical Facts (+ Four Explanations That Don’t Work) Did Jesus rise from the dead? To
Reviving Evangelism for the Next Generation A majority of practicing Christians do not consistently support evangelism, and 47% of millennial Christians believe it is flat-out wrong to evangelize. Many Americans Left Church Attendance in Their ChildhoodWhile 50% of U.S. adults say they attended church weekly as children, only 22% continue
Nine Challenges to Church Planting Ed Stetzer identifies 9 challenges that could hinder the forward advance of church planting. Does education ‘cure’ people of faith? The data says noDespite a long-standing biased assumption among many that the uneducated cling to religion, studies show people with higher degrees are most likely