Church Matters Archives

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

When the Bible, in part or in whole, is dismissed as “clobber Scriptures,” it is not only the Bible that is subverted, but the Gospel.

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 ___...

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

What does the first-century church have to say to today's believers? Taking Scripture's timeless truths and blending them with aspects of...