Church Giving Statistics for 2024: Who’s Tithing, and How Much?
As a leader, one of the toughest challenges you face is raising money. It’s easy to feel like things are harder than ever, but church giving statistics might prove otherwise. Let’s start here. Did you know that charitable giving approached…
Episode 614: Philip Yancey on The Grace Crisis, His Time in the White House With Bill Clinton, Roe v. Wade, and Why He Thought Publishing What’s So Amazing About Grace Would Get Him Canceled
Rediscover the Power of Preaching: 6 Learnings from My Year-Long Sermon Hiatus
If you’re a preacher, you probably feel some combination of excitement, overwhelm, and light dread every time you get up to deliver a sermon. I get it. Preaching is exhilarating work. And it’s exceptionally demanding. I preached regularly for over…
Episode 613: Kevin Palau on Doing Ministry in a Deeply Post-Christian and Post-Modern Culture, Building Relationships as Evangelicals with the LGBTQ+ Community, and How to Stay Passionate About Evangelism in a Hostile Culture
Episode 612: Kyle Idleman on Redefining Moral Failure, Productivity as Identity, the Power of Early Intervention, and The Value of a Sabbatical When You’re Not In Crisis
Episode 611: Russell Moore on Leaving the Southern Baptist Convention, the Real Reason the Culture is Rejecting the Church, Weaponized Nostalgia, and the Outrage Cycle
Why Nobody Wants to Work at a Church Anymore: Toxic Culture, Low Pay, and the Next Generation of Church Leaders
There’s a crisis brewing in the church that almost no one is talking about: Nobody wants to work at a church anymore. Very few next-gen people want your job, church leader. Not only are many young adults walking away from…
Episode 610: John Burke on What Near Death Experiences Show us About Heaven, Hell, and the Truth About Jesus, Answering Skeptics Who Doubt An Afterlife, and No Longer Being the Lead Pastor of a Church You Founded
5 Church Attendance Statistics Every Church Leader Needs to Understand in 2024
As every church leader knows, what’s happening in your church is to some extent a reflection of what’s going on in the culture. And when it comes to church attendance statistics and patterns, culture is changing rapidly. Heading into 2024,…