If you want to hear about really sick churches, then stick with me on this post. If you are tired about many of us writing about the sordid state of congregations, I understand. Skip this article and I will return with more good news in the near future. By Thom Rainer...
Call it irony. An atheist is going to deliver the invocation in the town of Greece, New York. It’s ironic because it’s the same town that won the U.S. Supreme Court case that preserved its right in a 5-4 ruling to start its meetings with public prayer. By...
One day Satan asked himself a question: “How can I destroy America? No army can defeat them. Their economy is foolproof. They’re geographically isolated and cannot be invaded. I know what I’ll do. I’ll get them through their children....
There is no shortage of pundits who are providing to us the gloomy and dismal state of American congregations, and, indeed, of many churches around the world. For sure, I am among the guilty. By Thom Rainer While personal evangelism is ultimately a heart issue between...
Since I have been serving in full-time church-related ministry since 1980 I have been through various stages of growth and development in ministry and character. Based on self-reflections and observations from years of ministering to and with pastors and leaders in...
