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Jake MeadorChurchCulture

Is the Era of Mere Christianity Over?

We may be entering an era marked by the continued decline of denominationalism alongside an increase in theological factionalism.

Robert HaslerPCA Next Generation ForumChurch

Antifragile Ministry

Psalm 11 doesn’t besmirch utilitarian motivations for seeking refuge in God. It just won’t let you stop there. It directs us past the desire for earthly safety to the ultimate telos of life: the beatific vision, to see our God and Maker face to face, without a veil, and to enjoy him forever.

Derek RishmawyPCA Next Generation ForumChurchCulture

Ministry After the Boomer Apocalypse

What the next generation needs is not our ability to catch a vibe, a wave, a revival, or a trend. Vibes shift and shift again. What they need is our continued commitment to ministering, yes, in culturally wise ways, but more fundamentally out of a bedrock of biblical conviction.

Daniel KunkelFormationChurch

The Secret Place

For many churches, ministry now consists of exposure—podcast or perish—leaders feel obligated to maintain an online presence and publish their church’s conversion rate, baptism ratio, average weekly attendance, and annual earnings. After all, how are they to hear without Mailchimp?

Jake MeadorChurch

A Story to Remember This Week at General Assembly

Being a genuinely national denomination creates challenges no one else faces. But the rewards are more than worth it.

Joey SherrardChurch

Understanding the Evangelical Presbyterian Church's Unique Calling

The EPC can navigate the controversies she is currently debating if she remains true to her roots as an old school/new side presbyterian church.

Jake MeadorChurch

Organizational competence is a way of loving neighbor.

When people don't care about policy and procedure, institutions are unequipped to deal with radicals who undermine the institution's purity and peace.

Cameron ShafferChurchBook Reviews

The Church: One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic

Myles Werntz’s Contesting the Body of Christ: Ecclesiology’s Revolutionary Century is a refreshing and welcome contribution to ecclesiological discussions.

Haley IsbellChurchEducation

The Other Side of Seminary

The banal work of submitting invoices and managing calendars is easy to forget, but our institutions can't function without people who do that work well.

Erik CoonceBook ReviewsChurch

A Scrapbook of Pastoral Care

What ought to occupy a pastor’s time? Long-time pastor Reuben Bredenhof attempts to address that question in his book 'The Ministry of Small Things.'

Dave StrunkChurch

How to Help Include Children's Ministry Volunteers in Worship

Effective church ministry exists on a spectrum of the ideal on one side and ‘what people will actually participate in’ on the other side.

Michael PorterChurchHealth & MedicineFormation

The Church, the Medical Profession, and Applied Ethics

Because we have lost the idea of medicine as a profession we have lost a clear idea of what medicine is actually for.