Church - General

The phrase “I like Jesus, but I’m not sure about the Church” is a widely popular one in today’s society. Through our fallen world of sin, humans—in...

In 1563, John Foxe published an account of the life of Christian martyrs, beginning with Stephen, the first to die for the cause of Christ, and end...

Good people doing good things cannot overcome unhealthy church government.The government model you choose will determine your church’s destiny. Som...

Practical Ways to Support and Care for Your Pastor Do you pray for your pastors? Do you encourage them? Do you have realistic expectations for them...

For many years now, the church in North America has heard figure after figure concerning the steady flow of millennials leaving the church as soon ...

It can be tempting to shy away from addressing the issue of gender roles in church because it’s often controversial. But this can result in churche...

Debate about church order has gone on for centuries within Christianity, and an end is nowhere in sight. Perhaps that is good, since the debate sho...

At its simplest, Mission Strategy is about aligning the what, who, how and when with God’s why. Learn to implement Mission Strategy in your communi...

This book is an answer to the great need the church has for a practical approach to conflict resolution in the church. It focuses on scripturally-b...

Congregations often seek to combat the crisis of decline by using innovation to produce new resources. But leading practical theologian Andrew Root...

They're called The Dones. After devoting a lifetime to their churches, they're walking away. Why? Sociologists Josh Packard and Ashleigh Hope revea...

Reforms and processes of change have become an increasingly pervasive characteristic of European Protestant churches in the last fifteen to twenty ...

A Chequered Legacy is a two-volume study course in which popular author Nick Fawcett explores ‘the good, the bad and the ugly’ of the Church. Star...

"They tried to bury us. They didn't know we were seeds." In this book, Alexia Salvatierra and Brandon Wrencher explore two grassroots faith movemen...

Churches vary a great deal - but can we see past all their differences to what underlies them? 'Generous orthodoxy' is a phrase that describes a Ch...

Results from the U.S. Congregational Life Survey, the largest project of its type ever conducted in the United States, have prompted this second bo...

Pastor Ken Hutcherson is a candid commentator on the state of the modern church. He says we're living in the midst of the Seven Churches of Revelat...

Stop outsourcing justice!Many local churches don't know what to do about justice. We tend to compartmentalize it as merely a strategy for outreach,...

Though called to partner in God’s holy work of transformation, the church has often responded with resignation rather than hope in the face of a br...

The New Church's Teaching series has been one of the most recognizable and useful sets of books in the Episcopal Church. With the launch of the Chu...

When it comes to baptism there is a profound disconnect between what churches and clergy understand it to mean and the understanding of those non-c...

By his own admission never one to duck a good fight, Stanley Hauerwas has in the past three decades established himself as one of our most importan...

Faith deconstruction - the intentional examination of one's religious faith and beliefs, leading to a profound change in, or even loss of, that fai...