This past Sunday I asked my worship team a question: “How can we better connect with our congregation in 2016?” By David Santistevan After the usual sarcastic remarks of getting rid of the stage, passing out tambourines at the door and inviting anyone on...
A professor suspended for saying Muslims and Christians worship the same God, church disputes and cheating pastors exposed in a hacking scandal made news throughout 2015. Below are top church news stories for the year, according to the Institute on Religion and...
I never would have predicted these changes to take place so rapidly. Indeed I am surprised to be writing about them today as major changes. But they are a growing reality. By Thom Rainer The two major changes have a similar theme: decentralization. The first is a...
In 1995, God began to speak to a young leader in Hyderabad, India, named Satish Kumar, telling him that he would have a very large church, but nothing materialized for the next 10 years. By Michael Brown In 2005, he planted Calvary Temple, starting with 25 members....
God is a global God. He has always cared about the entire world. John 3:16 says, “God so loved the world …” From the beginning he has wanted family members from every nation he created. The Bible says, “From one person God made all nations who...
