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Ever wondered how you know when someone needs encouragement? Here's a simple test. Check and see if they have a pulse.

The unspoken prayer request is often a confession of powerlessness, of vulnerability. God doesn’t despise that, and neither should we.

I will never forget being a visitor and, honestly, the experience has shaped almost everything I do in our current church.

Pastors are human. They make mistakes and endure the same temptations as everyone else. They need a lot more than some churches are providing.

To plan for the unexpected and unwelcome does not show a lack of faith. In fact, failing to make adequate plans is presumptuous.

The horror of Pennsylvania’s Catholic sexual abuse scandal is still very present on the minds of the American people, and the world, for that...

Being real can be scary. As women, we tend to identify by our insecurities. It’s easier to strive to project a particularly competent,...

God’s Word holds out a high standard for church leadership. Titus 1:6-9 and 1 Timothy 3:1-5 spell out the requirements. Essentially, the...

There are certain sins that Christians are always good at pointing out - usually in others. But there are a few that we tend to ignore, and these...

Church people do not intend to be rude or unkind concerning newcomers. But they do it anyway as a result of being thoughtless.

Because Jesus teaches that the church is a people and not a place, and because God’s word searches far deeper than surface-level, observable...

No one has breathed more vision and challenge into my vocational world than Bill Hybels and the fleshed-out picture of the church exhibited by...

Church planting can be exhausting. Starting anything is hard. It takes all of your effort, and then a whole helping of God’s grace to establish a...

Eventually, we learn to take an individual at his word. Andy Stanley is a master communicator, and he communicates very well and very often. His...

The lead pastor and entire elder board of Willow Creek Community Church have announced they will resign to give the church a “fresh start”...