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Don’t ‘Spiritually Bypass’ Your Church-Hurt Neighbor

Like the Good Samaritan, we’re called to offer a healing balm, not pour salt on their wounds.

Public Theology Project

Why the American Church Can’t Fix Loneliness

Broken bonds and burned bridges can’t be mended by imaginary networks of relationships.

Wire Story

Americans Are Still Inviting People to Church

Young, evangelical, and African American churchgoers ask the most.

Scarcity’s Strange Gifts

Church attendance is down. Giving is iffy. Ministers are tired. But God is with us in lean times too.

News

SBC Membership Falls to 47-Year Low, But Church Involvement Is Up

Amid the continued declines, Southern Baptists are celebrating back-to-back years of growth in worship attendance and baptism.

The Church Shouldn’t Be an Echo Chamber

Let us not give up meeting together—even when we disagree.

Big Trouble in Small Groups

A pastor offers practical advice for the top three hurdles of church small groups: childcare, commitment, and over-talkers.

Don’t Let Yourself Be ‘Cured of Churchgoing’

Church homelessness is lonely and exhausting. And the only antidote is Christian community.

COVID and the Church

Chapter 9: Beauty from Ashes

Stories from the pandemic remind us that hope abounds even in the most difficult circumstances.

Trump-Era Controversies Had a Measurable Effect on Church Attendance

Politically moderate and left-leaning evangelicals appear to be most impacted.

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