
6 takeaways from church hospitality research
Earlier this year, Lifeway Research released the results of a study on how Protestant churches welcome first-time guests. The results, as they say, speak for themselves.
Earlier this year, Lifeway Research released the results of a study on how Protestant churches welcome first-time guests. The results, as they say, speak for themselves.
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If you’re pastoring a mid-sized church, you’ve likely felt that slow undercurrent of change that’s harder to name than it is to feel.
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The first seven years of C. H. Spurgeon’s ministry in London were accompanied by a surprising revival. No one could have expected it. Through a nineteen-year-old country preacher, a dying congregation was revitalized, and hundreds—perhaps thousands—were converted under his ministry during those early years. Though only a few dozen were in attendance when Spurgeon first arrived at New Park Street in 1853, by 1861 membership was at 1,473, with thousands more regularly attending.
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An “unforced error” is a term borrowed from sports, especially tennis, meaning a mistake made due to one’s own lapse rather than being forced by an opponent. In everyday language, it refers to an avoidable mistake or misstep, typically resulting from a lack of attention or care rather than external pressure.
In the life of Jesus, we see unstained love and faultless meekness, both are expressions of his boundless strength and sovereign power. Never was any man so full of compassion and so bold for truth. His love, kindness, and grace were not the result of moral weakness or passivity. His very life was a repudiation of sin and a demonstration of holy moral perfection.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (BP) – As a husband, pastor, and the father of eight children, five of whom are daughters, there are many reasons I am deeply troubled by H.R. 5, legislation ironically named the Equality Act. In this article, I want to focus on my concerns as a girl dad who loves sports.
Seminary professor David Prince recounts his high school baseball coach's lessons on routine plays and the sacrifice. "My love for the game of baseball, and the influence of courageous and gracious men who also love the game, like Wayne Mitchell, have helped shape my life," Prince writes.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (BP) -- Christians who are physically and mentally challenged, seminary professor David Prince writes, can remind the church that it is "not a gathering place for the cultural elite but a sovereignly designed community of the ignoble, weak and low."
Seminary professor David E. Prince examines the wisdom of parenting that seeks to raise "good, happy, safe kids."
Evangelicals have undercut marriage by an overemphasis on education and career, seminary professor David Prince writes. "Christian marriage and the glorious Gospel it represents liberates them from the ball and chain of trying to live the American dream," he contends.
Jackie Robinson was the first black player in the big leagues, but it would not have happened if not for a baseball exec who was driven by his Christian faith to integrate the game, says columnist David E. Prince.
Baseball, columnist David E. Prince says, is similar to the daily Christian walk it its focus on "managed failure."
Baseball fan David Prince lists everything he loves about baseball --the hope that opening day brings, a stadium filled with people from every background, a 162-game season that requires "managed failure." Baseball has parallels to the church, Prince says.
There are solid biblical reasons for keeping score in children's sporting events, columnist and pastor David Prince asserts.