Church Profiles

Hills Church: New Name, Same Mission

Hills Church has grown, in part, due to Marksman—a strategy for men focused on reaching and discipling other men that includes a 6-week Bible study boot camp.

Bethlehem Church: What You Celebrate, You Replicate

The power of storytelling is used throughout the year to proclaim God’s goodness to the congregation, and it seems to be affecting church growth positively.

FBC Simpsonville: Raising the Sails

Pastor Wayne Bray maintains that God has organically been building and evolving their church year after year.

A Safe Harbor: Manteno Church of the Nazarene

An Illinois Church Welcomes Kids With “Special Abilities”

Dogs Under the Pavilion: Carraway United Methodist Church

A Small North Carolina Church Serves Its Community Through Hot Dog Sales

Giving the Church Away: Keystone Assembly of God

Stephen Shaw: "I’m convinced that since we took such a radical stance of giving the church away—of wanting the kingdom of God to expand—the Lord really responded."

Designing the Church as Today’s Town Square

How a Michigan Church Campus Became a Community Gathering Place

Like a Wild Goose: Wild Goose Appalachian Church

A Unique Congregation Welcomes the Spirit in the Appalachians

Eternal Bread: Union Church

Michigan Church’s Summer Program Offers Children Practical Help

Rebuilding the Church: Alive Again Alliance Church

Bill Meyer: "We say that Alive Again exists for those who are not yet there. Our motto is 'Living out the love and life of Christ here, there and everywhere.'"

Korea: Why So Many Megachurches?

Korea: about the land mass of Kentucky, yet home to five of the world's 20 largest congregations