What’s Needed to Be a Church Planting Leader? Church planting requires a certain set of skills—organization, initiative, patience and passion, just to name a few. These skills are especially required for a church planting leader. To last long term in this capacity without burnout requires some forethought and consideration. Here
Today’s Reading: Read Isaiah 13:1-14, 19-22; 14:1-8, 12-19, 22; 24-27,28-31; 15:1,8,9; 16:4-5,13; 17:1-14 In our family, we often don’t watch the news because there is seldom any good news! A news report tells us about something that has happened. Imagine Isaiah is giving a news report for the nations of
Today’s Reading: Read Leviticus 11:1; Leviticus 11:45 Let’s play a guessing game. From this list choose the one thing that is different than the others: yellow, orange, blue, one. Which one did you choose? Yellow, orange and blue are all colors, one is a number. One is the word that
Editor’s note: In honor of the passing of Bishop Sundo Kim (1930-2022) last fall, we are pleased to feature our 1991 cover story on him and the remarkable Kwanglim Methodist Church in Seoul, South Korea — one of the largest Methodist congregations in the world. At Good News, we considered
Disunity in the Church and Among Christians Destroys Evangelism You cannot be a fighting church and be effectively evangelistic. You cannot be snarky and argumentative on social media and be effectively evangelistic. That divides Christians before the watching world. Unity is imperative for the Great Commission. Giving Everyone a Chance
Rural Kentucky “One Another” Ministry for the HomeboundHow do we minister to the homebound in our local churches? How do we care for members who face prolonged isolation from the church due to chronic illness, physical disability, caretaking, or other factors? How does the persecuted church continue to flourish when
Is Your Church Becoming Irrelevant? (Stop Doing These 5 Things) Carey Nieuwhof identifies five things that will put our church on the fast track to irrelevance and suggests what we can do about them. They’re Not Coming BackLower church attendance is the “new normal.” We can learn to live with
Study: More Congregations Are Reopening but Attendance Remains Flat Only 27% of respondents in a Pew study said they attended services in person this month. Back in September, when the coronavirus was still surging, 26% said they attended in-person religious services. 5 Signs You’re a Leader who Talks too Much