With a 90 percent success rate, multisites have become one of the more popular strategies for church growth in the last decade, a new survey reveals. more >>
“Urban church planting” and “raising up non-clergy church planters” were the specific topics of the peer-learning event organized by Ed Stetzer, director of LifeWay Research. more >>
Nearly 80 percent of churchgoers surveyed by Christianity Today International (CTI) said they believe sex offenders belong in the church under appropriate supervision. more >>
A California minister was rebuked on Friday by a Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) court for performing same-sex ceremonies. Notably, the guilty verdict came with a page of praise in the 2 1/2-page ruling. more >>
Texas megachurch pastor Kerry Shook admits he might be addicted to Twitter. But he and thousands of others around the country gave that up for 24 hours as part of a national fast. more >>
A Florida megachurch has axed its traditional and contemporary Sunday worship services, refusing to continue down the wide path of segregated worship. more >>
Anglican bishops from more than 400 dioceses in Africa have convened for the 2nd All Africa Bishops Conference and were encouraged by the potential their church body has to impact the continent and the rest of the world. more >>
A retired Presbyterian minister is facing trial Tuesday morning for performing same-sex ceremonies in California. This is the second time the Rev. Jane Adams Spahr, a lesbian activist, has gone to court over violation of church law. more >>
More than one million people so far have been invited to attend a church service on Sunday, Sept. 12, as a result of this year’s national “Back to Church Sunday” campaign, and more than 3,000 churches have signed on. more >>
