‘Cowboy’ Churches Catching on Across America

Half a million viewers across the nation tune into RFD-TV each week to watch Cowboy Church, a cable program hosted by recording artist Susie McEntire and Russ Weaver, lead pastor of Shepherd’s Valley Cowboy Church in Egan, Texas. The television program is a...

FaithVillage Launches Nonprofit Online Bookstore

FaithVillage.com, the social network for faith experiences launched last year, is opening a new online bookstore this week. FaithVillage Books bookstore will serve the website’s growing community of readers with a faith-friendly, nonprofit shopping experience...

Another Christian Movie Gains Instant Acclaim

Christian films continue to sway Hollywood movie executives by providing record-setting sales to smaller budget films thanks in large part to intriguing and moral-based movies such as the new-released Dove Seal approved movie My Lucky Elephant. The Chicago Sun-Times...

Successful Church Planting Requires Both Passion and Planning

My wife, Joyce, and I planted our local church 29 years ago, Jan. 29, 1984, in the Sunset Park section of Brooklyn, N.Y. We were not sent out with any money and had only a handful of people who volunteered to serve with us. The following is based on all the mistakes I...