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Demographics is destiny. And when it comes to American Protestant Christianity, the future looks a lot grayer. Over the last few years, I’ve been invited to speak and present data about American religion to various religious organizations and church…
Single-parent homes are far more prevalent in the United States than most realize. They comprise one-quarter to one-third of homes with children in many communities. In your community, the number could be even higher. Consider the neighborhood around my church in Bradenton, Florida. Single Mom Households: 31% Single Dad Households: 12% Married with Children: 57%…
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Ann Michel of the Lewis Center staff says that churches need to think outside the box when seeking to involve new people in ministry and leadership. Church membership or even church attendance should no longer be the assumed starting point in the process. Are you sensing a new level of challenge when it comes to […]
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What is artificial intelligence (AI) and how can it enhance your ministry? Josh Burnett offers five things pastors need to know about AI. He also shares some ideas for using AI to strengthen your ministry so that you can spend more time cultivating relationships with the congregation and the community. The era of artificial intelligence […]
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How can an improv comedy show explore the intersection of faith and real life in community? Doug Powe and Katie Phillips talk about how Improv Church offers creative ways for engaging people in worship. Listen to this interview, watch the interview video on YouTube, or continue reading. Doug Powe: Katie, I’m so excited you’re joining […]
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The post Improv Church: The Power of Connection — An In-Depth Interview with Katie Phillips appeared first on Lewis Center for Church Leadership.
4 And his sons visiting one another prepared a banquet every day,
taking with them also their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
5 And when the days of the banquet were completed, Job sent and
purified them, having risen up in the …
An amazing development in world Christianity is the formation of the Global Methodist Church. Indeed, this story is one of the most important stories of global and American Christianity in many years. In the United States alone, there are thousands of Global Methodist churches in all 50 states. But, as the name indicates, it is…
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I’m hesitant to speak in absolute terms about this, but perhaps it can be generally agreed upon that in many cases where we see Χριστὸς we tend not to see κυριος as a relational lexicon to describe the godhead. Rather, it virtually always …
In Genesis 6:20 we read that God told Noah to keep three categories of animals
Flying creatures
Animals
Creeping things
What confuses me is the word בְּהֵמָה translated as "animals." Lexicon says that it is usually in reference…..
PNEUMA 40 (2018) 37–57 Spirit Baptism as a Moral Source in a Secular Age Caroline Redick Marquette University [email protected] Abstract CharlesTaylor notes that moderns…