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Five Relatively Recent Theological Controversies That Have Faded
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Why Don’t Churches Sing Old-School Hymns Anymore?
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An Interview with Chris Brauns on “The Way of Repentance”
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Should a Church Accept a Tithe from a Lottery Winner?
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The Burge Report: Why Immigration Won’t Reverse America’s Secular Drift
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The Top Preaching Distractions (What Stops Pastors Mid-Sentence in the Pulpit)
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Why the Pastorate Is One of the Highest Security Jobs in an AI World
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What Should a Pastor Do When One or Two Key Donors Keep the Church Doors Open
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The Four Domains of Successful Outreach to Families with Children
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Why We Still Believe in Short-Term Mission Trips for Churches
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Unique Church Leadership Lessons from the Book of Ezra You Haven’t Heard
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The Back-to-School Checklist for Pastors (Prepping Your Church for Ministry to P...
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The Burge Report: Why the 1990s Were the Most Consequential in Modern U.S. Relig...
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What Successful Evangelistic Churches Actually Do for Outreach
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Dodging Detours: Five Ways a Feasibility Study Protects Your Campaign from Pitfa...
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Should Pastors Engage in Online Fights?
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The Future of Church Hiring When Pastors Are in Short Supply
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Amiable Autocrats: Why Some of the Nicest Pastors Make the Worst Bosses
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Why Churches Are Struggling More and More to Find Staff
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Why Can’t Pastors Talk About Politics?
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The Burge Report: Are Non-Denominational Churches Just Southern Baptists in Disg...
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The Ongoing Shortage of Student Pastors (Where Did They Go?)
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The Church Summer Slump: What Every Pastor Should Know
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The Top Ten Most Common Low Attendance Days in Churches
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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a Bible Translation Committee (What Really Happens)
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The Reality of Church Hoppers: A Pastor’s Honest Perspective
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Why Members Leave Their Church and Never Come Back
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Why Some Pastors Stay for Decades (and Thrive in Their Churches)
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The Hyper-Traditionalist Movement in Church Architecture (Is Anyone Really Build...
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The Church “Fault Lines” That Could Become Ministry Tsunamis
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The Burge Report: Boomers Can’t Save Us Forever: The Hard Truth About Church Dem...
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What Churches Should Do About Inactive Members
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Are Sunday Morning Service Times Changing? What the Data Says About the Future o...
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What to Say (and Not Say) Immediately After a Church Crisis
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Crucial Commitments: 5 Simple Decisions That Members of Healthy and Growing Chur...
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How to Become Your Pastor’s Favorite Church Member
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The Best Board and Trustee Structure for Churches
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Seven Things Pastors Do You Probably Don’t Know About
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The Burge Report: Gen Z and the Church: Lonely, Cautious, Skeptical, But… Open
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How to Discard a Worn-Out Bible Properly
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Should Full-Time Pastors Have a Side Hustle?
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The Critical Functions of a Pastor Rarely Found in a Church Job Description
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After 25 Years of Consistent Recreation Ministry, This Church Discovered Somethi...
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What We’re Doing as Pastors to Keep Our Marriages Healthy
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Six Reasons Pastors Must Be More Courageous Today
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The Top Ways to Annoy Your Pastor
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The Burge Report: The Latest Data on Transgender Young Adults and the Church
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Tithing Or Not: Should Lead Pastors Know What Church Staff Give?
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What Growing Churches Actually Do to Reach and Keep People
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Churches Are Targets for Predators (Here’s Why)
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