Membership should involve more than attending or giving. It’s a covenant relationship. Membership should carry mutual ...

(RNS) — Among American churchgoers, roughly half are concentrated within a small fraction — less than 10% — of the nation’s churches, according to data reported earlier this year on church attendance ...

New churches aren't easy ventures to begin but several seem to be thriving in Southeast Missouri, an area in the midst of the Bible Belt. Most new congregations actually begin as an arm of a "parent" ...

A look at how church growth shapes both the blessings and the burdens of pastoral leadership. “Things just aren’t the same around here.” I have heard statements like this throughout my ministry, often ...