Church Renewal

There was a moment, maybe six months into the pandemic, that I felt a deep feeling of panic about church.

Is your church trying to figure out its future? Mine is! We often talk about God's will as if it's a treasure chest we simply need to discover. But discernment doesn't work that way.

We all need to take fresh steps in ministry and mission. An important part of fresh steps is discerning where your church is in its lifecycle. 

This Inspire 2022 session is for anyone who wants to understand how the gospel subverts weakness and strength, and calls us to a more complete body. 

Join this week's "Church Now" conversation with Mike Goheen on Newbigin's Missionary Ecclesiology. 

When was the last time your congregation went on sabbatical?

How does a church grow younger? It starts with knowing how old you are. 

Listening seems so easy. But if it’s so easy, why don’t more people feel like they’ve been heard?

The idea is simple: U.S. history is more complex than many of us thought or were taught. Here are four books that speak to this complexity. 

For the apostle Paul, faith over fear doesn’t mean being delivered from hardship; it means stepping into whatever is before him so that he can spread the good news.

These people should not be eating together. Neither should we.