By Aaron Earls NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Pastors faced increased stress during the COVID-19 pandemic, as churches were frequently forced to adapt overnight. More felt their role was overwhelming at times, yet very few pastors decided to actually leave the ministry in recent years. A new study from Nashville-based Lifeway Research found close to 1% of […]
By Aaron Earls NASHVILLE (BP) – Many Americans found themselves in need as the COVID-19 pandemic caused significant loss of life, medical burdens and business closures. Most say local churches were helpful during this difficult season, but some didn’t see the aid congregations were offering. Nashville-based Lifeway Research found 53 percent of Americans say churches in […]
Worship leaders meet to discuss issues they’re facing in ministry. By Aaron Wilson NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When Dean Belton began serving as a worship leader at a small South Mississippi church, he was excited for the role but nervous about the lack of resources that greeted him in the congregation of around 150 members. There […]
By Aaron Wilson By Aaron Wilson ELPASO, Texas — Immigrants who are detained at the U.S.-Mexico border face many needs — the greatest of which is perhaps hope. Lifeway Christian Resources was recently able to partner with a North American Mission Board church plant to send 1,000 Spanish Bibles to displaced children at the border. […]
Lifeway President and CEO Ben Mandrell shares the organization’s strategy for the future with trustees during their August 23-24 meeting in Nashville. (Photo/Aaron Earls) By Aaron Earls NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In the first in-person trustee meeting since February 2020, Lifeway Christian Resources President and CEO Ben Mandrell shared the three-pronged strategy for the next phase of Lifeway’s […]
Kim Massey has been named chief marketing officer at Lifeway. By Carol Pipes NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Lifeway Christian Resources announced the appointment of Kim Massey as its new chief marketing officer. “Kim brings a wealth of marketing expertise that will be invaluable to Lifeway in this new season of ministry and as we continue to […]
NASHVILLE – Churchgoers are pleased with the way their pastors navigated the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, a Lifeway poll earlier this year found that churchgoers are overwhelmingly proud of the way their leaders handled the crisis. Nashville-based Lifeway Research found that almost 9 in 10 Protestant churchgoers, 86 percent, said they are proud of how […]
By Aaron Earls NASHVILLE (BP) – U.S. Protestant churches endured a difficult 2020, including starting the year with fewer congregations. In 2019, approximately 3,000 Protestant churches were started in the U.S., but 4,500 Protestant churches closed, according to estimates from Nashville-based Lifeway Research. The number of Southern Baptist churches, however, grew in both 2019 and 2020. Church plants totaled 588 in […]
By Carol Pipes/LifeWay Christian Resources NASHVILLE — LifeWay Christian Resources has reached an agreement to sell Ridgecrest Conference Center and Summer Camps to the Ridgecrest Foundation. The two groups plan to complete the transfer of the North Carolina property and ministries by the end of 2020. “God has answered our prayers by providing a potential […]
…the [LifeWay] board has called an emergency meeting today…
Next summer, kids will roll up their sleeves and grab excavation gear …
“We want to have something real, a tangible benefit for all types of churches…”