Lifeway Research’s State of Discipleship study surveyed Protestant pastors about their churches’ discipleship practices. Only 11% of pastors say discipleship is what their churches do best, with disci ...

On behalf of The Navigators and NavPress, Barna Group studies the state of Protestant spiritual growth. Protestant pastors are too hard on their churches. Either that, or churchgoers are too easy on ...

The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) started 82 churches last year—the highest number in almost a century—and is well on its way to planting 1,000 new churches by 2020, church officials said.

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Kyle Lewis, 25, missed going to church one Sunday recently. But he did not miss the sermon. Lewis, who regularly attends services of the National Community Church in Alexandria, Va., listened to the ...

I was stunned. I had asked a prominent leader in evangelization, a priest, if he thought his parents were evangelized. He shook his head “No” and explained that he did not think his parents were ...

The Board of Directors of Disciples Church Extension Fund (DCEF) is pleased to announce that Belinda R. King will be the next President of DCEF. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Ind., DCEF is a general ...

A key phase in spreading the Gospel and establishing Christianity was when Jesus sent a dozen disciples and then 72 ahead of him to heal the sick and cast out demons in his name. The Revs. Terry Pugh ...

Amid all the moves and changes of the past two years, many congregations saw turnover accelerate. Houston Northwest Church suffered heavy damage from Hurricane Harvey in 2017. By the time its flooded ...