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Some high-profile pastors are opting to leave congregational ministry altogether to pursue publishing and other media ventures full time.

You don't need a cooler statement of better slogan. You need to know what in the world your church or ministry is supposed to be doing.

What exactly is the church’s mission? In order to answer this question, we must first accurately define the gospel.

In times past, the church occupied a central and influential place in society. But what does the new, post-Christian cultural condition mean for the church and its mission?

As you sit at home –- or in your office –- reading this story, your church continues to communicate many messages to your community.

How can you tell when spiritual growth is taking place? Where are the markers?

I do not think it too strong or sensational to say that we are witnessing the collapse of Western civilization. Across the Western world, the fruits of apostasy and secularism are manifesting themselves in overwhelmingly destructive ways. In essence, we in the West are reaping precisely what we have sown. Mankind cannot construct a world devoid of subservience to God and hope to prosper.

The Bible can transform our lives. It also can transform your church.

At our church there is a ministry to people with special needs – young and old. And I’d like to share some about it, perhaps giving ideas on the background details which need to be thought through, and the blessing it is to so many.

Few career tracks in the marketplace have a dynamic quite like that of being a minister's wife.

Deep youth workers do deep youth ministry - including being well-read - which yields deep kids.

It's something of a dilemma: On the one hand, a minister must never put a price on the work he does as he looks to the Lord as the Source for his needs. On the other, he should absolutely be adequately compensated for his work.

The scenario is common and vexing: a church building erected generations ago sits idle six days a week yet consumes 50 percent of the church budget. What to do?

It's a wise church leader who knows which are the load-bearing essentials of the Lord's church, and which are the cosmetic non-essentials.

In heaven, people of all races will worship God together. Since heavenly worship will be diverse, shouldn’t earthly worship be, too?

When the Bible, in part or in whole, is dismissed as “clobber Scriptures,” it is not only the Bible that is subverted, but also the Gospel. The Church must recognize that fact clearly — and fast.

Competition between churches is one of the most prevalent yet least talked about issues in church-world.

Listen as the congregation files out of the sanctuary on Sunday, and you'll hear the common refrain: "I didn't get anything out of ___ [fill-in-the-blank] ___."

It’s surprising how few open, transparent and practical discussions there are about racial matters in the local church.

No matter how far young adults go from Christ, there’s hope for them to return to faith if Christians like you reach out to them. Here's how to start.