Ed Stetzer: Thoughts on the Megachurch
Prioritizing health ensures a church culture that is equitable, avoids abuse and scandal, and treats each person as an image-bearer of God, particularly within megachurches.
Prioritizing health ensures a church culture that is equitable, avoids abuse and scandal, and treats each person as an image-bearer of God, particularly within megachurches.
The way the world measures church scorecard effectiveness must not become the way the church does. The scorecard that the church has used for decades has become broken.
How to equip your church members to invite others into Christian community
Theres a tension of attempting to duplicate another persons success and being exactly who God has called me to be. God has not called me to preach like anyone else, but rather to navigate leadership tensions effectively.
As believers, we can know we will see that person again in heaven. That is God’s great gift to us. His Son Jesus personally intervened and turned death into victory.
4 things I learned about listening when sickness forced me to be silent.
Many scholars describe the civil rights movement as a political movement with religious dressinguseful for the movements purposes but not central to the message. But the work of historian David L. Chappell, based on testimonies by civil rights activists and leaders, contradicts this. Their accounts indicate that it was, for them, primarily a religious event, showing the profound influence of the Bible on the civil rights movement.
Our personal growth isn’t solely forged through grand ministerial achievements or notable successes. Instead, it’s the culmination of the seemingly modest, everyday moments that truly mold us.
When churches lack resources, it's easy to feel discouraged, but God's provision in lack can bring revitalization.
When we survey Jesus’ encounters with vulnerable people—especially women—in the New Testament, we see him responding with kindness. Jesus loves and cares for the plight of women.