7 Trends to Expect in 2021 Children’s Ministry
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. …
Breaking Through Bible Phobia
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 …
Forgetting the Kids in COVID-Era Church
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, …
What COVID-19 Unveils About Today’s Youth Ministry
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 …
Drive-Through Spiritual Vaccine on Easter
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 …
CoronaChurch: The Crowd Is No Longer Cool
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 …
Lonely Kids and the Church
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 …
Will Multi-site Churches Work for the Next Generation?
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 …
Church: Here Come the Women
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 …
The Endangered Church’s Tipping Point
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 …