Should churches see debt as burden or tool for expanding ministry?
Increasingly, churches provide money-management seminars that offer participants advice on how to get out of debt and stay that way.
Mikhovich: Be an optimist; plant churches now
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Churches aid students with food backpacks
Before long, youngsters toting backpacks back and forth to school will be a common sight. But for about 40 students at Peck Elementary School in Greensboro, N.C., they will carry something more vital than just notebooks and pencils.
Downtown churches bloom where they’re planted
The migration of people to renovated downtown apartments and condominiums have positioned downtown congregations in some of the country's most energetic neighborhoods.
Clear identity crucial for downtown churches
Clarifying its identity is essential for a church committed to remaining in a downtown setting, congregational consultants and pastors of vibrant in-town churches observe.
Churches attacked in Kenya, Nigeria
Kenyan churches are tightening security after a lone attacker exploded a grenade inside an evangelical church in Nairobi on Sunday April 29, killing one person and injuring 15. Meanwhile, a string of bombings in Nigeria during Sunday morning worship services killed at
Merging churches across racial lines demands work
The historically black St. Paul Missionary Baptist in Louisville, Ky., and the predominately white Shively Heights Baptist merged to create a blended congregation in August 2009. It's worked amazingly well, but it's hard work, participants say..
Speakers say churches can learn from same-sex couples
DECATUR, Ga. (ABP) – A gay Christian told Baptists April 20 that whatever their views about homosexuality, churches can learn something from committed same-sex covenant relationships.
Area churches venture into social media for communications
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Churches conflicted when it comes to social media engagement
Eight years after Mark Zuckerberg famously launched "Thefacebook" in his Harvard dorm room, congregations largely remain uncertain about their engagement with social media.