by Carey Nieuwhof Question: What does it take to survive in today’s church leadership environment as culture moves away from Christianity and into a more pluralistic, post-modern environment? Answer: More than it used to, and...
Read MoreMillennials are looking for smaller worship spaces. What does that mean? by Ruth MoonMy perfect church was nothing special. It had no flashy church trappings: fewer than 100 congregants on a Sunday, a church planting pastor from...
Read Moreby Sharon Robb The missionary book, Both Feet In, by Marion G. “Bud” Fray with Kim P. Davis, inspired the theme for this year’s Iowa Woman’s Missionary Union annual meeting. Women were encouraged to surrender, sacrifice, and...
Read MoreNatalie Samford* hadn’t shied away from going to remote or challenging places on missions trips in East Asia, South Asia, Central Asia and South America. But since the 30-something had obtained a doctor’s degree in pharmacy, she...
Read MoreRICHMOND, Va.—As churches plan their services and special events for the rest of the year, IMB has released sermon resources from IMB President David Platt free of charge to help church leaders promote the Lottie Moon Christmas...
Read Moreby Susie Rain She spied them in the jewelry aisle. Their dress was a little out of place in an Alabama Walmart. The two women were covered from head to toe in long, black hijab dresses and headscarves. The petite grandmother...
Read MoreNew book, ‘We Cannot Be Silent,’ releasing October 27 NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, outlines the progression of the moral revolution that has...
Read MoreBy Thom S. Rainer It seems to be a Catch-22. If your congregation is older, the way to reach younger families is to have younger families in your church. But the reason the congregation is older is because it has few or no...
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Read Moreby John Shaull, BCI Pastor/Church Support Staff, Heartland Baptist Chapel in Ida Grove recently closed their doors but not their hearts to ministry in Iowa. The remaining church members provided $46,000 to the Baptist Convention...
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