“Revitalization isn’t for this week or for the next five years. It’s about what the church can look like 70 years down the road.”
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Who Owns a Pastor’s Sermon?
While pastors may assume the answer is obvious, many factors are at play in deciding who owns the copyright to a sermon.
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Americans Say Colleges Should Still Fund Student Religious Groups That Restrict Leadership By Their Beliefs and Practices
A dispute over who can lead student religious groups has left Americans uneasy, but few want to see groups punished for requiring their leaders to hold specific beliefs or practices.
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Church Revitalization: New Life for Dying Churches
Many churches have gone through decline, but these churches reversed their trajectory and experienced revitalization. Your church can too.
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American Views of Gay Marriage Are Divided by Faith and Friendship
Americans who say they have gay or lesbian friends are twice as likely to say gay marriage should be legal. Fewer than half of Americans say homosexuality is sinful. And evangelicals are increasingly at odds with American culture over same-sex relationships.
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Evangelicals Say It Is Time For Congress To Tackle Immigration
When it comes to immigration reform, American evangelicals want it all.
Nine out of 10 (86 percent) want more border security. Six in 10 (61 percent) support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. More than two-thirds (68 percent) favor both. And they want Congress to take action soon.
Those are among the results of a new survey of evangelicals from Nashville-based Lifeway Research. The study, sponsored by the Evangelical Immigration Table and World Relief, found widespread support for immigration reform
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