37 "Then those who are righteous will reply to him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you a drink? 38...

Ken Davis shared this experiment: We conducted a three-phase investigation at Rockford College and used over 100 college graduates...

Let us start this discussion by clarifying what constitutes Generation Z and how they differ from Millennials: Generation Z are people...

There is much conversation in my church right now about whether we are a declining church body and whether or not we will survive this...

23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how to stir up...

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When I talked to a few frustrated rural pastors, at the heart of their frustration was the sense that because there was not a large...

This story is familiar. In 1972, and after 308 years, the First Church of Newton, Mass., called it quits. It gave its assets to a museum,...

In his 1983 acceptance speech for the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, [Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn] recalled the words he heard as a...

One of the least fun parts of my work is telling a church it is time to let go. When I have to discuss this possibility with leadership,...