From Christian Media Magazine By Portia Simelane Transparency can be defined as being non pretentious and it is the ability to see through something with nothing hidden. Being transparent as a local church is one of the virtues that the 21st century church leadership...
By Robert Dilday Baptist News Global The American Baptist Churches U.S.A. ranks in the top 10 of the most racially diverse religious groups in the United States, according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center. But with 73 percent of its membership white, 11...
The Kansas City Star By Jonathan Merritt Fifty-nine percent of millennials who grew up in a Christian church drop out of it permanently or for an extended period, according to research by Barna Group. Among the most common reasons for leaving are millennials’ beliefs...
By Rachel Held Evans Bass reverberates through the auditorium floor as a heavily bearded worship leader pauses to invite the congregation, bathed in the light of two giant screens, to tweet using #JesusLives. The scent of freshly brewed coffee wafts in from the lobby,...
By Jeff Brumley The value and purpose of church membership is becoming an increasingly hot topic in Baptist and other congregations these days. And that’s “hot” as in controversial and heated, not popular. And it’s one that occasionally pits older and younger...
