Articles for Topic: Congregational Life

Epidemic: Another Pastor Burned Out and Quit Last Sunday

From Christianity Today By Karl Vaters It never gets easier. No matter how many times you hear about it. And we’re hearing about it a lot more lately. In epidemic numbers. Another pastor announced to his stunned congregation that he couldn’t do it anymore....

The Effect of Rising Health Care Costs on Churches

How some churches are responding to a new reality. From Managing Your Church By Emily Lund The vast majority of Americans currently have access to health care. As of August 2015, “an unprecedented 90.8 percent now have health insurance,” according to CNN. But this...

Is Disciple-Making Just a Fad?

Disciple Making Is Still the #1 Problem Facing the Church Today From The Effective Church Today By Bill Tenny-Brittian Counting Counts Recently a troll caught one of our posts about radical disciple making and took it out for an attempted thrashing. To be honest, I...