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. …

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 …

We sounded a somewhat irreverent alarm over 25 years ago about the state of children’s curriculum in churches. The book that my wife Joani and …

The disciple-making machine is broken. Though most church leaders would say discipleship is a crucial part of their mission and ministry, they fear it’s not working. A …

That was the day. From that day forward, youth ministry was crippled. Since then we’ve seen America’s young people, the Millennials, turn away from the …

As terror attacks strike the homeland, followers of Christ try to sort out their fears, their faith, and their politics. For some, we’re witnessing an …

As this generation drifts away from the institutional church, how will the next generation know God? It used to be that parents relied on the …

One church leader described it as “scandalous.” He’s referring to Americans’ knowledge of Bible content. It’s true that the average American would not fare well on …

Just as the American church struggles, another institution gasps to find relevance and survival in these churning times. Christian colleges and seminaries face daunting challenges, some of …

After many years in the pulpit, Steve Simms gave up preaching. He turned the floor over to his congregation. And he’s never looked back. Every Sunday …