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7 Trends to Expect in 2021 Children’s Ministry

Thom Schultz, February 8, 2021

How will the continuing COVID-19 pandemic affect children’s ministry in the months ahead? How should we prepare now? There’s still a lot we don’t know. …

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Breaking Through Bible Phobia

Thom Schultz, October 29, 2020

I hear people bemoaning biblical illiteracy. It’s true that many children, youth and adults in today’s culture have a poor understanding of what’s in the …

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Forgetting the Kids in COVID-Era Church

Thom Schultz, September 2, 2020

As churches navigate COVID realities and fears, what’s happened to the kids who, before, experienced God’s love through various church ministries? In the general population, …

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What COVID-19 Unveils About Today’s Youth Ministry

Thom Schultz, May 13, 2020

One age group is hit particularly hard with the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s teenagers. The virus spread just as their long-anticipated milestones were set to unfold–sports …

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Drive-Through Spiritual Vaccine on Easter

Thom Schultz, April 1, 2020

Easter will look very different this year at America’s churches. No Easter sunrise services. No Easter egg hunts for the kids. Church doors locked on …

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CoronaChurch: The Crowd Is No Longer Cool

Thom Schultz, March 18, 2020

The American church faces an upset like never before. The insidious coronavirus has slammed shut church doors–locking out the faithful from gathered worship. The effects …

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Lonely Kids and the Church

Thom Schultz, January 8, 2020

What’s wrong with young people today? We’ve all heard about the symptomatic things that may characterize today’s teenagers, such as lower church attendance. But what’s …

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Will Multi-site Churches Work for the Next Generation?

Thom Schultz, October 16, 2019

For some big churches, looking to get bigger, the multi-site model seems to be working for them. For others, not so much. Though they take …

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Church: Here Come the Women

Thom Schultz, August 1, 2019

As the American church struggles to find its way, it may be downplaying one its strongest assets. Women. Churches are “leaving a lot of leadership …

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The Endangered Church’s Tipping Point

Thom Schultz, July 24, 2019

Has the church in America finally reached a tipping point? It seems so, according to a national consultant. For many years, the warning signs have …

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