Megachurches emerged from the pandemic stronger than many expected
Report reveals nearly 7 in 10 megachurches increased attendance between 2019 and 2025, while researchers also found gains in measures of spiritual vitality.
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How pastors can respond to vaccine hesitancy
A retired pediatrician and priest offers perspective on the rising incidence of vaccine hesitancy and how church leaders can serve the common good by supporting science-based public health.
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Vincent Joseph Kopp
Retired pediatrician and priest
Grace Duddy Pomroy: How congregations can create more sustainable financial models
In her book “Funding Forward,” a financial educator at Luther Seminary argues that the most successful congregations engage spiritual practices like discernment before focusing on money.
An inside view of the Orthodox convert surge
An Orthodox educator takes issue with popular notions of why people are joining Orthodox parishes in America; converts are not exclusively “Orthobros,” she says, but people seeking connection with others and with God.
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Jenny Haddad Mosher
Research and educational design director, CrossRoad Institute
What Bananagrams teaches us about getting unstuck in church property development
Learning to remain flexible, change plans and find new solutions is key to church property development.
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Mark Elsdon
Social entrepreneur, strategic executive and author
What happens when the pastor’s family isn’t perfect?
For ministers who carry private family pain, shame can be overwhelming. But our difficult lives might make us better clergy, writes a pastor and mother of a child with emotional and behavioral challenges.
Link to author Shaina Ciaccio
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Shaina Ciaccio
Minister and associate professor, University of Valley Forge
Responding to AI concerns is a matter of pastoral care
As with any significant community change, clergy need to support their congregants through the personal, ethical and social implications of AI, writes a pastor who also directs the Technology, Innovation & Digital Engagement Lab at Union Theological Seminary.
Link to author Gabby Cudjoe Wilkes
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Gabby Cudjoe Wilkes
Pastor, author and educator
A recipe for thriving rural congregations despite shifting demographics
Faced with declining attendance and aging membership, rural pastors can invite reflection on congregational history and community needs to adapt for new opportunities.
Link to author Trisha Wheelock
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Trisha Wheelock
Program director, The Moses Project
‘Healing the Wounds of the Displaced: Pastoral Ministry in Immigrant Churches’
A pastor offers his reflections on pastoral work in the immigrant community and the need for new ecclesiological models for ministry on the margins. In this excerpt, he writes a letter sharing his personal experience as a formerly undocumented immigrant.
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Francisco Zamora Avila
Signs of rebound: Church attendance shows first uptick in decades
For the first time in 25 years, the median number of people attending worship services in the United States has gone up.
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Shari Finnell
Journalist
A congregation renovates the old and builds something new to serve its members and community
Facing years of deferred maintenance and repair costs, a church in Lexington, Kentucky, looked outward as well as inward to make the best use of its historic space while expanding to meet a pressing local need.
Link to author Kory Wilcoxson
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Kory Wilcoxson
Pastor and journalist
