Can American Congregations Learn to Embrace the Uncoupled?
Many American congregations tend to focus on traditional families, recollecting a mid-20th-century model for church growth or else simply as a model of what a Christian life should be.
‘Chair for One’: Creating Community for Singles as Onsite Worship Resumes
While individual households are allowed to sit together to adhere to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) coronavirus guidelines, how will single-member households be seated?
Singles ministry tough, but vital
"Singles" are not monolithic but fall across every age range and life spectrum. They are never married—like Belcher—divorced, separated and widowed. And they come in all ages, from very young adults just out of high school to senior adults who have lost a spouse after
Singles offer churches outreach suggestions
When it comes to singles' ministries, what do the men and women involved really want from the church? Several Missouri singles offered some responses: Ӣ Mostly the programming in churches, and rightly so, is geared toward families. At times,
Lawsuit filed against Raytown church, former singles minister
Independence -- A former church intern has filed a civil lawsuit against First Baptist Church, Raytown, its pastor and a former singles' minister, claiming sexual assault.The case, filed in the Independence office of the 16th Judicial Circuit Court, Jackson County, on June 28, lists six