Churches should be mindful of what’s involved in providing morning tea, and ensure expectations do not cripple those eager to serve.
Tag: church culture
There’s an interesting phenomenon underway among a younger cohort of Christians in the West today: Zoomers are leaning in.
Ah, the old effort, excellence, exclusion dilemma: your level of excellence didn’t meet the standard and you are excluded from participating.
While we’ve seen improvements, Christian culture tends to see mental illness as a character issue, says psychologist Valerie Ling.
In church settings where it’s easy to get caught up in personalities and platform, self-checking your focus is important.
I don’t think it’s encouraging for church members to keep on reading on socials what a poor job they are doing.
I don’t know if you have ever left a church service thinking, “Wow – that was really beautiful.” Here are two Sundays where I did…
Why are our children walking away from church and faith and how can we prevent it? Author Melanie Saward has some suggestions.
The attitude that any leader, despite their behaviour, is integral and indispensible to the organisation, is a myth, writes Stephen McAlpine.
“This church thing, it’s just not working for me,” said my friend. It wasn’t the first time I had heard this.