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The pastor of a church where love makes the difference explains why they no longer do outreach ministry.
A Christian wedding is a reflection of the people getting married. But the wedding is not meant to be just about one couple. A Christian wedding at its best is also a form of worship in which God calls and the gathered people respond.
Making weddings more like worship infuses them with sparkle and meaning that last far beyond memories of who wore what.
Here is guidance on what to consider when choosing wedding music for the prelude, procession, ceremony, recession and postlude.
Imagine how your work would change if worship services felt less like a destination and more like a launching pad.
Nine church leaders and scholars recall and predict hot topics in worship, discipleship and discernment from 1995 to 2025.
Before William Carey founded a mission society, or Adoniram and Ann Judson sailed to Burma, a former African American slave had already become a missionary to Jamaica.
Skills for leading people in song in a musically multilingual world
During this workshop, participants discover how diverse congregations have established and maintained pre-sermon dialogue groups.
This workshop features candid, wide-ranging discussions about the most important themes that worshiping communities may need to address in the next 10 years.
This workshop offers ideas and activities, many of which have been used with junior high, high school, and college youth, for working with the psalms in small groups or educational settings to prepare pieces that can help lead worship or devotional study.
Pope Francis recently said "Christians are not made in a laboratory, but in a community called the church." But what about those people for whom the church has been a source of pain?
