Revisiting ‘Grieve, Breathe, Receive’ with Steve Carter
Steve Cuss offers new reflections then highlights a powerful conversation on grief.
Church Hurts for Pastors, Too
Church hurt travels in both directions—from the pews to the pulpit and in reverse.
Grieve, Breathe, Receive with Steve Carter
Walking the path to peace when life is upended.
Nashville Pastor Scott Sauls Resigns After Apologizing for Harsh Leadership
Sauls spent 12 years leading Christ Presbyterian Church and had been on leave since May.
Willow Creek Cuts Staff Budget by $6.5 Million
During the pandemic, just a couple years after Bill Hybels’s resignation, attendance at the Chicago-area megachurch fell by half.
Christian Celebrity Isn’t a Problem to Fix, But an Eye to Gouge Out
Katelyn Beaty’s critique of evangelical fame-worship is wise but overly tame.
Investigation Finds No Evidence of Abuse by Former Menlo Volunteer
The third-party inquiry, though, critiques lack of transparency by pastor John Ortberg, who resigned last year.
The Brand
The internet and new gospel partnerships fueled church growth in the early 2000s, but bigger isn’t always better.
Boomers, The Big Sort, and Really, Really Big Churches
Post-war suburban church expansion charted a course that Mars Hill would follow.
Beware False Teachers with Good Doctrine and Bad Ethics
Poor leaders proclaim Christ in word but deny him with their lives. Here’s what we can learn from their failures.