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SeventyFour photo – Getty By Dr. Mark A. Croston It might not surprise you to know that August and September are the most popular months for babies to be born. These babies are generally conceived around the Christmas holidays. It might also not surprise you to know that while all those babies are being conceived … Continue reading “Navigating Pastoral Care Through COVID-19 and Christmas”

Scott Marble photo – Getty By Aaron Earls The largest churches in America continue to grow, but that growth extends beyond increasing worship service attendance. There are approximately 1,750 megachurches, Protestant churches with regular pre-pandemic attendance of 2,000 or more, in the United States, according to the Hartford Institute for Religion Research’s 2020 megachurch report. … Continue reading “Megachurches Continue to (Mostly) Grow and Not Just in Size”

Jack Sharp photo – Unsplash Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.  (Matthew 7:7-8) By Juan Sanchez The year 2020 … Continue reading “6 Prayer Requests Every Church Should Have in 2021”

JT English How much do you currently rely on outside organizations to make disciples? Do you use them to supplement discipleship, or are you delegating discipleship to them? The church needs outside organizations for specialized training—that is not what I am talking about. I am simply talking about your desire, ability, and practice to help … Continue reading “Is Your Church Discipling Its Next Pastor?”

By Matt Henslee I was one of those pastors who had a “Vision 20/20” graphic ready for a big push into this year. Now I look back at that and chuckle because if my vision was anything, it was legally blind. As the hits of 2020 kept coming, the vision seemed to become something like … Continue reading “Ministry Encouragement as 2020 Comes to a Close”

Patrick Fore photo – Unsplash By Aaron Earls In an effort to provide pastors and church leaders with relevant insights, practical ministry advice, and timely research, Facts & Trends and Lifeway Pastors will become part of a redesigned and updated website for Lifeway Research in 2021. “Our goal is to offer more insights for pastors … Continue reading “Facts & Trends, Lifeway Pastors to Be Part of Revamped LifewayResearch.com”

By Michael Kelley Imagine an apple sitting on your counter. You go to the garage and get a vise and then put the apple inside it. Then you start turning the handle, and the vise starts tightening. It gets tighter and tighter and the apple gets thinner in the middle and fatter on the ends … Continue reading “3 Truths COVID Uncovered About the Church”

By Ken Braddy A weekend baseball tournament for teenagers. A change in work schedule. An invitation to play golf with the boss. There are some things that will keep your group members from attending your Bible study group. Those things are out of your control. My advice? Don’t worry about it because you can’t control … Continue reading “3 Strategies to Keep People Coming Back to Your Small Group”

By Jeff Martin During my first year of seminary, I began to look for a church that might need an aspiring minister with zero experience but ready and willing to serve. It seemed like all the seminary students were serving in some capacity in churches in and around the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Many of the … Continue reading “When You’re Disappointed With Your Ministry Assignment”

By Joy Allmond On January 6, Americans watched in horror as angry mobs objecting to the 2020 presidential election results stormed the U.S. Capitol, overtaking police and inciting violence that left four people dead and a nation further fractured. Amid the already challenging ministry climate, this harrowing catastrophe reminds pastors and church leaders of their … Continue reading “5 Ways to Pray in the Midst of a National Crisis”