LifeWay to end 2020 with net loss, increases tech presence
“We believe the local church is going to surge once again…”
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Pastors and churchgoers differ on sermon length estimates
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When pastors begin to welcome back their congregations to in-person services, they may want to consider offering them a shorter sermon. Consider a shorter sermon A study from Nashville-based LifeWay Research found Protestant pastors’ estimates of their sermon lengths are shorter than the estimates of their congregations. Additionally, more than a quarter […]
LifeWay offers churches free digital giving plan, curriculum, low-cost books, discussion guides
LifeWay building in downtown Nashville. LIFEWAY/BP By Aaron Earls and Joy Allmond/LifeWay NASHVILLE – As the COVID-19 pandemic causes churches across the country to suspend in-person meeting, Generosity by LifeWay is opening its digital giving platform to congregations immediately for free, while B&H Publishing is offering low-cost books with free discussion guides. “Giving is one of the […]
LifeWay develops free coronavirus response training resources for churches
By Aaron Earls/LifeWayNASHVILLE (BP) — As the coronavirus spreads in the U.S., congregations are facing a situation many have never considered.In response, the LifeWay Leadership team has developed pandemic response resources that are being made available for free to assist pastors and church leaders at MinistryGrid.com/coronavirus.”Pastors are asking questions about how their churches should react […]
Citing move to digital, LifeWay to close all stores by the end of the year
“LifeWay is moving into a new era with a strategic digital focus that will prepare us for the future…”
Baptist News Summary: LifeWay to reduce ‘brick-and-mortar channel’
The number of stores to close and the timing of those closures has not been announced.
Thom Rainer announces retirement from LifeWay
LifeWay President Thom Ranier announced his retirement last night, effective in 2019.
We know why people leave the church. Now, new survey wants to know why they return
As a follow up to “Why They Stay,” new questionnaire asks whey they return.
Church planting up, but SBC baptisms slump to lowest level since 1946
Baptisms have now declined consistently for more than a decade.
Grady Cothen, former president of 2 SBC entities, dies
RIDGELAND, Miss. (BP) — Grady Cothen – the former chief executive of a state convention, a Southern Baptist university and two Southern Baptist Convention entities – died May 19 at The Orchard retirement home in Ridgeland, MS. He was 96. Among his service to Southern Baptists, Cothen was executive secretary of the Southern Baptist General […]
Small church with big idea makes huge splash for VBS
CHATSWORTH — Chris Ray was ready for just about anything as a young pastor when he accepted his first church five years ago in this North Georgia town. Of course, he had heard stories of how deacons could be rather “free” with their opinions when it came to giving advice. But he was not prepared […]