Gary McIntosh and Charles Arn wrote a deeply insightful book several years ago titled What Every Pastor Should Know. As someone who values both research and real-life church application, I find the ...

There's a new debate among today's Christians. Does the New Testament require, suggest, even hint at local church membership? Are Christians required to belong to a local church, or is it an option?

I was a few months into my pastorate when a woman in a large SUV rolled down her window to catch me in the church’s parking lot. “Good morning, Pastor!” I said hello and introduced myself; she did the ...

After Becky Hope left the evangelical church she had been attending in Portland, Oregon, four years ago, she began watching online services at an ecumenical church in New York City — just for a little ...

Do people join a church because they share its members' beliefs? This has become the putative ideal, the only pure motivation for church affiliation. But I have seldom heard it voiced at our new ...