Church

Churches must learn to die

My latest column at Christian Week: Three years ago, I heard a pastor talk about how to make Church attractive. His church provided different musical styles in different rooms concurrently to appeal to

Why does the church exist?

N.T. Wright suggests the church exists for different reasons than many of us think: According to the early Christians, the church doesn’t exist in order to provide a place where people

Faith of My Fathers

One of my biggest regrets is the way that the church has split along generational lines. Worship styles, methodology, missiology, and sometimes just plain sin get in the way. When churches split by

Mission

Mission is not a burden laid upon the church; it is a gift and a promise to the church that is faithful. The command arises from the gift. Jesus reigns and all authority