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Church Growth
It’s no surprise that American evangelical congregations are concerned about size; after all, we live in a society where bigger is better when it comes to organizational success. But as Christianity Today has reported in the past, church growth is more than the number of bodies sitting in the pews. Below we’ve gathered articles that report on how churches have been fulfilling the Great Commission, both in expanding their numbers and in creating communities that promote healthy spiritual growth.
All Articles
Some Evangelicals Are Leaving Protestantism for Other Traditions
A number of high-profile Christians have converted to Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. What is driving them away?
Wire Story
Americans Are Still Inviting People to Church
Young, evangelical, and African American churchgoers ask the most.
Scarcity’s Strange Gifts
Church attendance is down. Giving is iffy. Ministers are tired. But God is with us in lean times too.
News
SBC Membership Falls to 47-Year Low, But Church Involvement Is Up
Amid the continued declines, Southern Baptists are celebrating back-to-back years of growth in worship attendance and baptism.
The Church Shouldn’t Be an Echo Chamber
Let us not give up meeting together—even when we disagree.
Don’t Let Yourself Be ‘Cured of Churchgoing’
Church homelessness is lonely and exhausting. And the only antidote is Christian community.
Review
American Christianity Is a Flourishing Forest
Just as biodiversity produces new trees, cultural diversity produces new expressions of an ancient faith.
News
As Asian American Christians Decline, Most ‘Nones’ Still Feel Close to Religion
New Pew survey of 7,000 adults explores the beliefs and practices of Christians, Buddhists, Hindus, and Muslims and their affinity to Confucianism and Daoism.
The Bulletin
Who Ya Gonna Call?
Candidates debate, PEPFAR languishes, and the Hispanic church grows.
Church Is Life Together or Not at All
It’s time for evangelicals to rediscover Bonhoeffer’s best-known work on the nature of Christian community.