A guide to avert demise for declining churches
The interesting cases, Scriptures, interviews, models and analogies in “Tombstones to Cornerstones: Hope and Help for Churches in Stress and Decline” highlight actions needed after…
Church decline
The first step forward: Letting go of the past
MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY — A few years ago, a Church of Christ in this South American capital made the agonizing decision to sell its historic building…
Editorial: In 2024, we won’t be silent
‘Weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.” We offer those words, penned by David in Psalm 30, as encouragement at…
Rural California church sale brings $125,000 to nearby congregation
The sale of a small, rural Church of Christ in Riverdale, Calif., has provided more than $125,000 for the work of the nearby Hanford Church…
Church Planting Sunday: A national call to action
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — With membership shrinking, churches closing and preachers in short supply, how do Churches of Christ grow again? It’s not a new question,…
Editorial: What do young people think about revivals?
Younger Americans are far less interested in traditional religion than their forebears. Survey after survey confirms what we’ve all suspected. Generation Z possesses more skepticism…
Addressing church decline one child at a time
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — On a recent Sunday morning, projection screens at the Windsong Church of Christ displayed Psalm 127:3: “Children are a heritage…
How congregations can rebound
LOS ANGELES — At age 13 in 1983, I moved to the West Coast. Relocating from a rural community in the South to this sprawling…
Mid-Atlantic leaders meet to craft ideas for growth
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Nearly 200 leaders and members of Churches of Christ gathered at the University of Maryland College Park to exchange ideas about…
Churches embrace hope, change
ABILENE, Texas — ‘The church is in jeopardy, but the kingdom is not in question.” My friend Randy Harris, author and professor emeritus at Abilene…
