Is your church healthy or not? It’s a difficult question to answer. When people ask, I often reply, “What’s your definition of ‘healthy?’” There are many metrics that point to — or signal — the health of a congregation. If attendance has declined for 50 years and the church has not baptized anyone in 10 […]
Read More >FRANKLIN, IN /Christian Newswire — According to a statement by the Rev. Mitch Hescox, President & CEO, Evangelical Environmental Network, Dr. Katharine Hayhoe — scientific advisor to the Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN) — has been named TIME’s 100 most influential people in the world. The statement reads as follows: “Dr. Hayhoe demonstrates that a person […]
Read More >LONDON / Christian Newswire — Godinterest was designed for Christians, entrepreneurs and ministries that use Pinterest but want to share within a Christian environment. Speculation is growing about the content the owners of Godinterest will and will not permit, but how does it actually differ from Pinterest? Godinterest was founded by Dean Jones, a Christian, […]
Read More >By Bob Allen ASSOCIATED BAPTIST PRESS — Christians, Jews, Muslims and Hindus may have different ideas about God, but they all agree on a tax break for clergy under attack by an atheist group that says it discriminates against the non-religious. Interests diverse as conservative evangelicals, mainline Protestants and one group broad enough to embrace […]
Read More >As an XP prepares to set up his church’s fourth location, he looks back on the road to multi-site. By Eric Rojas In 2004, my church — Christ Community Church in St. Charles, IL — was formed primarily to reach the area’s unchurched. In 20 years, we grew from six couples to nearly 3,000 members. […]
Read More >Perspectives on the April 14 “Elaine photography case” U.S. Supreme Court ruling to let the lower court ruling stand
Read More >“The single most important thing great companies did that good companies didn’t was make superb people decisions.” That was from Jim Collins at the Catalyst West conference last year. Collins is one of my favorites — OK, my favorite — author on leadership from a business perspective. The research his team has done over the […]
Read More >NEW YORK /Christian Newswire — Leaders of three professional health care chaplaincy organizations convened on April 1 at HealthCare Chaplaincy Network‘s conference Caring for the Human Spirit: Driving the Research Agenda in Spiritual Care in Health Care to voice unanimity on collaborating to advance the discipline’s ability to provide better care to more people in […]
Read More >Freedom from Religion Foundation is “trying to use the federal courts to destroy religious freedom and independence from government control,” said American Civil Rights Union Chairman Susan A. Carleson. WASHINGTON, April 14, 2014 /Christian Newswire — An Internal Revenue Service (IRS) rule allowing clergy to have a tax-exempt housing allowance is a reasonable accommodation of […]
Read More >WASHINGTON /Christian Newswire — Each year, more than 680,000 children are abused or neglected, and as many as 1,500 die as a result. In an effort to protect these vulnerable children, Shepherding the Next Generation — a network of more than 300 evangelical pastors and faith leaders — is encouraging people nationwide to share their […]
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