Church Matters

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  Weighing the Spiritual Cost When Saints Turn Out to Be Scoundrels When Sarah Joy Hays learned in the summer of 2016 that her pastor in Baton Rouge, La., had been having an affair with another woman in their church — a woman who had been her spiritual mentor for many years... Cathleen Falsani Sep 12, 2018
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  7 Things Your Small-Group Leader Wishes You Knew As soon as September starts, the Fall routine is well under way. Sunday school; guest events; youth groups; home groups. Apart from a brief breather in November, we’re all pretty much running hard until we... Tim Thornborough Sep 05, 2018
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  What New People at Your Church Want You to Know I will never forget being a visitor and, honestly, the experience has shaped almost everything I do in our current church. Christine Hoover Aug 29, 2018
• 5 Ways for Pastors to Encourage Their Wives Ever wondered how you know when someone needs encouragement? Here's a simple test. It works every time. Check and see if they have a pulse. Ken Whitten Aug 29, 2018
• 5 Actions the Catholic Church Should Take to Stop Abuse The horror of Pennsylvania’s Catholic sexual abuse scandal is still very present on the minds of the American people, and the world, for that matter. Many are wondering what the Catholic Church intends to do... Lauren Sanchez Aug 22, 2018
• My Final Leadership Lesson from Bill Hybels and Willow Creek No one has breathed more vision and challenge into my vocational world than Bill Hybels and the fleshed-out picture of the church exhibited by Willow Creek. Which is why his newly revealed, deeply... Dr. James Emery White Aug 15, 2018
• Why Pastors Need a Sense of Humor Going into the ministry? Bring along a Bible, a theological education, a willingness to work and serve and love, and a good sense of humor. Joe McKeever Aug 08, 2018
• 3 Essential Steps to Making Friends at Church If you've been at the same church for a long time and have struggle to make friends or build community, here are 3 important tips to help you out. Brooke Cooney Aug 01, 2018
• 20 Things Pastors Should Not Love Too Much Most of us would not include those excesses in a list of which to be wary. But for most, I imagine the list might look more like this… Joe McKeever Jul 25, 2018
• It's Not a Birthday Party: A New Old Way of Doing Church If all you had to reference were the Bible, what would Church look like? Francis Chan's latest book "is about how [I] and others have been trying to look at Scripture [as] the starting point. A lot of times,... Emily Hall Jul 18, 2018
• 5 Ways to Help the Unemployed in Your Church Unemployment hurts everyone—men and women alike. Russell Moore Jul 11, 2018
• 16 Reasons We Should Reconsider for Missing Church With each passing year it seems like life gets busier, making it harder to prioritize priorities. Even church can get crowded out of our schedule. While there are legitimate reasons why we cannot always... Eric Davis Jul 04, 2018