One topic that has come up in several Zoom and in-person meetings recently has been how to get the church going again, five months into this pandemic. While most inquirers
I began last week’s post with the statement, “As healthy environments promote healthy individuals, so unhealthy environments promote abnormal or unhealthy interpersonal behavior within the culture.” There are many environments
Recent studies and polls show a steadily increasing trend when it comes to religious identification: The rise of the “nones.” Nones are people who don’t identify with any religious group.
According to a recent study by LifeWay Research, only 12% of Protestant churches currently are holding small groups for children. While some churches are planning to start back in September,
As healthy environments promote healthy individuals, so unhealthy environments promote abnormal or unhealthy interpersonal behavior within the culture. “Negative environments raise negative and broken children.” Erwin McManus. Within any culture,
My mouth was dry. My heart pounded. Although it was many years ago, I remember it vividly. I was sitting in a room at church on a Tuesday night with
“I don’t like change in the church.” I hear this statement and several like it from churchgoers across our nation. Even, “We don’t need change in the church.” Are these
Canceled. Socially Distance. Quarantine. Virtual. Shelter-in-place. If you’re like me, these are words you are tired of hearing. The past five months in student ministry have been some of the
In our last post I shared that Jesus did not initiate the church as an institution, rather as a movement. What we read in the book of Acts is a
The following article by Rick Lance, Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions executive director, was originally posted on June 4, 2020. Since then, it has also been affirmed by the
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