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Church's tech investment helps weather COVID, prepare for the future

In January of last year, Keith Hinton, executive pastor at First Baptist Church Crofton, spoke with a friend at another church in town. Both oversaw the technology of their respective congregations and concerns over the coronavirus...

source: Baptist Press

Pope says women can read at Mass, but still can't be priests

Pope Francis changed church law Monday to explicitly allow women to do more things during Mass, granting them access to the most sacred place on the altar, while continuing to affirm that they cannot be priests. Francis amended the law to formalize and institutionalize...

source: The Associated Press

Is your church prepared to be found?

It’s no wonder that pastors are exhausted. They spent 2020 facing questions like how can I reach people when we can’t gather together? and how can we minister with integrity and depth in a virtual context? Many church leaders also faced COVID-19 restrictions,...

source: Christianity Today

Hope in the church continues through COVID-19

Many people, especially in the South, spend Sunday morning in church. Churches across North Alabama made changes during the pandemic so people can continue to worship without gathering in a building. Usually Pastor Wesley Thompson’s congregation at Bethel Colbert...

source: WAFF-TV

2 ways religion and spirituality help to boost resilience

"There are no atheists in foxholes" is an aphorism that addresses how people who didn't previously consider themselves religious will have the knee-jerk reaction to pray for help from a "higher power" when they find themselves in a life-or-death crisis. Have you ever found...

source: Psychology Today

Can religion improve a person's mental health?

In 2020, a year when Americans’ perception of their own mental health dropped significantly, we are told that Gallup reported: The only demographic subgroup who didn’t report a decline were those who attend religious services weekly. That group showed an increase...

source: Mind Matters

Innovative loudspeaker technologies for churches

Loudspeakers are the pillars of every church sound system. The right speaker in the right location can offer years of quality sound. On the other hand, a poorly designed speaker in that same location can cause audio issues for every event. Fortunately, modern designs make...

source: Church Tech Today

4 ways to measure if your ministry is working

In changing times standard measures of a congregation’s health may not tell the whole story. Naomi Annandale suggests a need to expand and adjust our ways of thinking about effectiveness and offers suggestions on how to measure what is truly important.

source: Church Leadership

12 church trends for 2021

While escaping 2020 has been a stated goal for many people, there will still be challenges in front of us as we move into 2021. Churches will be among the organizations to confront clear and present challenges. Of course, the topic of COVID is unavoidable as congregations...

source: Biblical Leadership

Leadership when everything feels out of your control

I think at some level, we all understand what that means; it’s what we do with that thought or feeling that matters. We naturally desire the sense that everything is under control. We like the peace that brings. We dislike the sense of everything being out of control....

source: Outreach Magazine

12 questions church leaders need to ask monthly

The Bible assumes believers will be striving to follow God, continually living in an ongoing state of evaluation, repentance, and growth. While I’m not suggesting Christian leaders need to ask all of these questions below every day, I do think we need to ask them at...

source: Church Leaders

In search of sanctuary

“There’s a family in sanctuary at St. George’s right now,” my priest texted me midmorning on an ordinary day in June. We had declared ourselves a sanctuary church four years earlier, but it wasn’t until this particular day that we had been called...

source: The Christian Century

3 questions to consider as you finalize and pursue your 2021 goals

The calendar has flipped to 2021. Many people are relieved to close the book on 2020 – a year that will forever be remembered for the COVID pandemic and a divisive election cycle. But turning the page on the calendar has not turned...

source: Our Church

Adapting church space during disruption

A lot can be said about the year 2020, but universally, I don’t think any of us saw it coming. Just like any other time, though, life throws curveballs. This past year, it just so happened to be an enduring pandemic — but what happens when the next big “thing”...

source: Church Executive

8 trends impacting church leadership for 2021

For the past several years, at the start of the new year we have identified major trends and changes we see shaping the contours of congregational life. The year 2021 dawns at a time when the COVID-19 crisis has brought more change to our churches in a few months than most...

source: Lewis Center for Church Leadership

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Hope in the church continues through COVID-19

2 ways religion and spirituality help to boost resilience

Can religion improve a person's mental health?

Innovative loudspeaker technologies for churches

4 ways to measure if your ministry is working

12 church trends for 2021

Leadership when everything feels out of your control

12 questions church leaders need to ask monthly

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3 questions to consider as you finalize and pursue your 2021 goals

Adapting church space during disruption

8 trends impacting church leadership for 2021

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