Steve Jobs left the Lutheran Church at age 13 when his pastor could not answer a hard question about why people suffer. The Fuller Youth Institute studied 500 youth group graduates during their first three years in college and found…
Need some new ideas to freshen up your children's ministry department? This article offers 15 fun ideas including making photo posters, resource closets, information binders and planning children's rallies, parent's night events and book clubs. Find All 15 Ideas Here:…
Those of us involved in global international church ministry know full well the joy and challenges of ministering in multi-cultural congregations. More and more often, American churches are learning the same things as they welcome immigrants from as near as…
This book written by youth ministry expert Doug Fields (http://www.dougfields.com/) doesn't present a program to be copied into any context. Rather, it presents foundational principles of youth ministry that help you develop the ministry that best meets the needs of…
Church Facebook pages are a great way to keep your church informed of church news, events, announcements and more. It's also a great way to keep people outside of your congregation connected to you. In the article, 'How Our Church…
Continental Theological Seminary (CTS) in Brussels offers options for short or long-term studies with one, two and three-year programs. The school provides practical ministerial education that is awarded by recognized and accredited academic degrees (B.A., B.Div., MTh) and offers a…
Read this article published by Christianity Today about the increase in the number of expats and the rising need for international churches to meet the demand. The article highlights was some international churches are doing to help expats adapt to…
In the blog ‘A Few Grown Men,’ writer David Murrow addresses a touchy subject: with the onslaught of so many worship songs available today, are we introducing so many new songs at such a fast rate that our congregations are…
Either you're a Twitter lover, Twitter hater or have no idea what Twitter is, Twitter is here to stay and those of us in ministry should learn to benefit from this social networking tool that combines the ease of cell…
The fairly-new social networking site 'Pinterest' is a virtual bulletin board allowing you to 'pin' graphics and share them with the world. Pininterest users 'pin' their favorite thoughts, ideas, photos, and images to their bulletin board and once “pinned” (the…