Church Life+Ministry

Hundreds of New Churches Not Enough to Satisfy Southern Baptists
Baptisms are at a 70-year low, while Sunday worshipers are at a 20-year low.
A Broken, Dying World: Why Spiritual Hunger Is Real and How We Can Begin to Meet People Where They Are
Our hearts are restless until they find their rest in Thee
Middle-Aged Women Face a Crisis of Discipleship
Are churches missing out on discipling those in midlife?
Leading by Biblical Preaching: An Example from Christ Fellowship-Miami
Pastors, lead from the pulpit, not the board room.
TBN’s Jan Crouch Found Liable for Covering Up Granddaughter’s Alleged Rape
Jury awards $2 million in damages in civil lawsuit.
The BGC Gospel Life Podcast (Ep. 17)
Start each week with this encouragement to show and share the love of Jesus.
Reaching the Next Generation
This is a generation starving for community.
Weekend Edition - June 3, 2017—Most Read Posts and Church Signs!
Most Read Posts from January 1 to May 31 (Plus Church Signs!)
Evangelism in Leadership: Is It Really as Simple as 5 Simple Steps?
We cannot lead what we do not live.
Why White-Centered Discipleship Hurts Us All
A vision for bringing racial equity to the spiritual training of women.
Seven Evangelism Environments Artists Create
How the church can leverage the arts for evangelism.
The Calling | 1 hr 34 min
Barnabas Piper Isn't Hiding from His Divorce
The writer, speaker, podcaster, and pastor’s kid opens up about the burdens of watching a marriage die.
Planting 1,000 Churches in Your Lifetime
Churches need to be planted and then quickly need to plant other churches.
Let the Pregnant Grads Walk
How we treat pregnant teens reveals more about us than them.
Church Planting Metrics: Measure What’s Important (Part Two)
Measure outcomes, not activities.
A Local Preacher and a Jailhouse Jesus Freak Brought Me to Faith in Prison
I was sentenced to life for a murder I didn't commit. But God didn't forget me.
Our Spiritual Gifts Have an Expiration Date
Let’s rejoice in them—while looking forward to a time when they’re no longer needed.
Do We Treat Sunday the Way the Earliest Christians Did?
Historian Justo González charts how observance of the Lord’s Day has changed over time.
Eugene Peterson: The Pursuit of Happiness Is a Dead-End Street
How Ecclesiastes shows a better way to joyful living than chasing pleasure
The Invisible Heroes of the Persecuted Church
The case for Christians investing in the profession only 1 in 5 Americans trust.

Top Story November 10, 2020

Jon Tyson: ‘Run into the Controversy’
Jon Tyson: ‘Run into the Controversy’
Why the NYC pastor’s goal is “to winsomely offend everybody.”

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