Agreement Unites 35,000 North American Missionaries Globally

On October 1, 2011 in Scottsdale, Arizona, the memberships of CrossGlobal Link (formerly IFMA) and The Mission Exchange (formerly EFMA) agreed to merge, forming a body representative of 35,000 evangelical missionaries deployed in every country by more than 190...

Grant Program Helps Church Members Increase Weekly Giving

The city of Portsmouth, Va. has received nearly $50 million in HOPE VI federal grants to redevelop a blighted community and create affordable home ownership opportunities for its citizens. In an effort to help their church members secure sub-grants from the original...

Churches Abandoning Age Segregation

The film Divided, a documentary on the problems of segregated youth ministry has been thrust into the national media, according to Scott Brown, Director of the National Center of Family-Integrated Churches (NCFIC). “In the last two days, the Washington Post,...

Report: 100 Largest and Fastest-Growing U.S. Churches

Churches on this year’s Outreach 100 lists of the Largest and Fastest-Growing Churches in America are pursuing many of the same growth strategies and values, including worship locations at multiple sites, breaking into smaller groups throughout the week, and...