Church Leaders Update Archives

Don't tell an abused woman: “If you had more faith and weren't wavering in your emotions, God would heal this marriage.”

Say the right thing, and you can help set her free. Every woman's pain needs to be heard and taken in and empathized with.

Dr. Roger discusses the different ways people try to cope with sexual abuse, and how to find real healing and hope.

Why would a pastor shy away from preaching a message on giving? The answers are many and complex, but most boil down to one: He’s afraid.

A man with a broken marriage wonders if he can leave his wife. Dr. Roger explains what the Bible says about this issue.

Keith Getty strives to bring the richness and depth of traditional hymn writing into the 21st century.

The idea of culture "keepers" is significant. There are aspects of culture – a nation’s culture, a church’s culture, a family’s culture – that must...

It’s that time of year again; time to look back at the year that was, and look forward to the year ahead.

There are times when ministers do the most self-defeating things. Not all of them, thankfully. But enough to warrant our addressing the issue as a...

HW's free 2012 Youth Culture Review is here! A free, downloadable resource with the most notable issues and research from 2012.

Vertical Church is a book with both strengths and weaknesses—very helpful strengths and very dangerous weaknesses. If you can thinking discerningly...

Even in the face of such a tragedy, Christians must speak. We will have to speak in public about this evil, and we will have to speak in private...

Who were the Magi who brought gifts to Jesus? Dr. Roger explains.

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Bullying, one of the least recognized, anti-family forces today, is causing more people to leave Church.