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Tag: Evangelism

Is youth ministry killing the church?

November 5, 2013 8 Comments

New studies show that children and youth who are involved in the life and worship of the church are more likely to stay into adulthood

Nadia Bolz-Weber gets some mainstream love

November 4, 2013 3 Comments

Nadia Bolz-Weber, who has been the talk of folks who are looking for ways to made Christianity more compelling to young people who don’t trust

Beer to Attract Church Members? No.
To Celebrate God’s Grace? Yes.

November 3, 2013 5 Comments

by Win Bassett NPR published a story this morning with the headline, Twitter followers remarked that she thought the headline misled readers. “The story is

Raising the bar on pub theology

October 9, 2013 5 Comments

by Sam Laurent Talking about church stuff in a bar! Can you believe it? Such is the energy behind innumerable articles and blog posts about

Evangelism and “white boy acoustic rock”

September 16, 2013 No Comments

The Rev. Mike Angell went to hear some “white boy acoustic rock” at the 9:30 club in Washington, D. C. last week and got a

Rachel Held Evans, Hemant Mehta debate millennials and the church

August 18, 2013 No Comments

Rachel Held Evans and Hemant Mehta debated why millennials are leaving the church on CNN’s Faces of Faith this morning. Have a look.

About those post cards…

August 16, 2013 19 Comments

Updated: The Episcopal Church has produced advertising that can be used as post cards, print ads or billboards. Are they clever and witty…or snide and unwelcoming?

Keep church “uncool”

August 3, 2013 5 Comments

A response to the articles on making church “cool” to attract new members. Brett McCracken in the

The Holy Spirit will speak through me? Seriously?

July 25, 2013 No Comments

Matthew 10:16-32

What can the church learn from these Apple ads?

July 8, 2013 31 Comments

I saw the first of these two Apple ads before a movie this weekend and thought immediately that Apple is thinking about the experience of