Simple Church

Insights from a church secret shopper.

Ministry, like a closet, can be too full.

And vocations beyond ‘ministries.’

Do you need a flock to shepherd souls?

An interview with Karen Mason

The Bible’s examples of the faithful are more everyday than we think.

You see empty pews. I see community.

Even though part of me really wanted to.

I had to look past celebrity ministry to learn how to really pastor.

Distressed by consumer Christianity, this church razed the ministries enjoyed by so many for so Iong—and started over.

Why I’m not jumping on the new bandwagon.

Simple Church book review.

The unique problems and opportunities of pastoring rural, yoked churches.

A pastor on the rural-urban fringe talks about the challenges of pastoring small churches.