Church Leaders Update

As we approach the Easter event, many of us begin to reflect once again on the death of the finest, purest One ever to walk this planet.

While not all women are called to start a ministry, every woman needs to hear true messages—especially from the church—about who they are.

The final third of every Gospel deals with one week in the life of Christ. I want to take us on a journey through the last week in Jesus’ life, so I have listed the major activities on each day.

There is an innate want to have our needs met but also there is a deep desire to help others. That desire is put there by God so that when He prompts us to help, we will respond in kind. We give to the Church in multiple ways. Here are 7 ways you can give to the Church other than money.

It is part of the pastor’s sacred mission to guide their people towards an atmosphere of understanding, comfort, and faith in order to prepare them to continuously live in a world that gives them very little of something they truly long for — peace.

There are at least five great reasons that churches should prioritize youth ministry: teaching God’s Word, providing fellowship, connecting generations, teaching service, and implementing spiritual disciplines.

As we see throughout Scripture, age matters far less to God than submissiveness and spiritual maturity when it comes to leadership (1 Timothy 4:12). Some of the boldest and most outspoken ambassadors of the gospel have been relatively young men.

We hear them all the time. Something about these oft-repeated claims just does not seem right, we think. Here are a few that have occurred to me. You’ll know others….

Wait... do we really need to go to a building on a certain day for it to count as doing church? If so, isn’t that legalistic?

Consultants tell businessmen and pastors alike that to achieve the highest level of success, one must have a passion for growing his business or his church. What is your passion? What drives you? What springs you out of bed in the morning and still has you going late in the evening when normal people would be watching television?

First, they need to know that God loves them and they are valuable no matter what their life has looked like before giving their lives to the Lord. They are not damaged goods. God has offered us complete healing and redemption.

Before you look for a new church, consider what it is that God would lead you to find. Make a list of what the Bible says about various issues related to church. In prayer, ask the Holy Spirit to show you what honors the Lord about your participation in a local church body and to lead you where God is loved, glorified, and celebrated above everything else.

What if we, the congregants, are the reason for a stagnating or declining congregation?

The idea of “chosenness” and “special blessing” from God has been a constant theme throughout the history of the United States, beginning with the Puritans and their desire that, in the words of John Winthrop in 1630, “wee shall be as a Citty upon a Hill.” So, are the ideas behind Christian nationalism true?

Who is Gen Alpha? What are their attributes, and what does that mean for what’s next? Here are six cultural markers that distinguish today's children from earlier generations, and what that means for the future of Christianity.