Should preachers spend less time writing sermons?  I know this is a dangerous question. I was trained up under the adage, “sweat in the study, fire in the… read more

Ministry without utilizing assets is like a sports car without a country road. Like a lamp without anything to illuminate. Like a human without purpose. When we don’t… read more

As a child of the 1980s, I  know by heart the tune to the educational program produced by Presbyterian pastor Mr. Rogers.[1] Do you know it or remember it? The lyrics are… read more

What constitutes a church? Who decides what constitutes a congregation? Emerging forms of congregations diverge from the established forms. Divergent churches represent… read more

There exists a land containing a vast array of features – the Mediterranean Sea and its coastlands, mountainous hills, dry steppes, temperate vegetation, and vast stretches… read more

A fledgling American Methodism boasted of merely four ministers and 300 laypeople in 1771, almost went extinct during the Revolution, and then exploded with growth into the… read more