By Buck Burch Chances are that you have recently experienced conflict, are experiencing conflict, or will experience conflict with someone soon. People typically deal with conflict in one of four ways: 1) Circumvention (avoiding any confrontation) 2) Competition (fighting to see who “wins”) 3) Compromise (giving in by at least one side losing something) 4) […]
By Buck Burch It’s always great to go on a mission trip! But it’s also great to celebrate another team’s trip. We can pray for them as they prepare. We can pray alongside them as they go. Praying for safety on the trip, praying for Divine appointments, praying for effectiveness in sharing the Gospel, praying […]
By Richard Bumpers In our new Sunday morning normal, people are not in a hurry to rush back to church or eager to throw themselves into large gatherings these days. According to Barna Group research, there is a 32 percent decline in the number of church members attending in-person worship services, which is heartbreaking to […]
This is the second of a series of posts from Matt Ward, associate pastor of FBC Thomson. Read the first post here. We expect every church member to pay attention to all of these guidelines because we are all, first and foremost, ambassadors for Christ. And that comes with a high expectation from God Almighty […]
Consider these guidelines as a starting point for a discussion in your church about how to help your members engage social media.
By Ronnie Floyd The SBC is a convention of churches. Churches plant churches, and churches send missionaries. Associations, state conventions, and national entities do not plant churches or send missionaries. These regional, statewide, and national Baptist bodies have the role of assisting churches in their Great Commission work. The local church is the headquarters of […]
This was originally posted at ChurchAnswers.com. By Sam Rainer Some dying churches are saved through revitalization or relaunches. Others are saved through the process of adoption. When a church is adopted, a healthier and stronger congregation receives a more vulnerable congregation into the family. Two families are brought together. Some refer to this arrangement as […]
This article was originally posted at churchanswers.com on August 17. I am not prophetic. And if I am prescient, it’s only because I have the incredible vantage point of hearing from tens of thousands of church leaders every year. While it is admittedly difficult to project trends in typical times, it is exceedingly difficult to […]
I’ve seen too many churches with laypersons (and pastors, for that matter, though I’m focusing on laity with this post) who want to control the show. Here are some markers of those folks: They’ve been at the church for a while. At least in the established church, they assume that their tenure gives them the right […]
This post originally appeared on ChurchAnswers.com. By Darrel Girardier If you’re like most churches during this pandemic, you’ve been thrust in the world of Online Church. Now “Online Church” has many different names, flavors, and forms. For some it means just streaming the worship service to Facebook, for others, it means Zoom small groups or […]
“…we must never let a screen replace the people of God. We must fight to stay committed to the church.”