Church Archives - Page 104 of 201 - MinistryWatch
In the PRRI study, 57% of Americans say they seldom or never attend religious services. Among those who do, 89% said they were proud to be associated with their congregation.
For American religion, the story of decline just won’t let up. But among those who remain churchgoers, there’s a happier story, too.
Churches, like other organizations, face an onslaught of phishing emails and other attempts at cyberfraud. One mistake can be costly.
Staff at the Florida Baptist Convention thought they were sending mission money to help pay for church planting. Then the money disappeared.
It's one of three churches appealing decisions recently made by the denomination’s Executive Committee to remove eight congregations from official affiliation
Saddleback Church, the California megachurch long known for its former pastor, bestselling author Rick Warren, has appealed the decision by the Southern Baptist Convention to oust it for naming a woman to its pastoral team.
As ministry leaders age, succession planning is key
Editor’s Note: Every quarter, we will survey the senior executive of the 1,000 largest Christian ministries in the nation. This is the third article in our series related to the April survey of ministry executives. The ...
Lentz says his only role will be to give perspective and insight ‘where I can’
Former Hillsong NYC pastor Carl Lentz announced on social media that he is no longer “in ministry,” despite having recently joined Transformation Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Laura and Peter Toganivalu led the global youth ministry for the Australia-based megachurch
The daughter of former Hillsong Church leader Brian Houston and her husband have resigned as global pastors of Hillsong Young & Free, the Australia-based church’s youth ministry.
White’s Chapel plans to invite others to join the Methodist Collegiate Church once its disaffiliation is approved by Central Texas United Methodists next month
When White’s Chapel’s members voted to disaffiliate in November, they decided not to join the Global Methodist Church, in part because congregants, who hold a diversity of views, want to be a healing agent among ...
The Southern Baptist Convention has lost 3 million members since 2006, about half of that in the last five years
The long, slow decline of the nation’s largest Protestant denomination continues.
To date, at least 2,804 churches have left the United Methodist Church since 2019, according to United Methodist News Service.
United Methodist bishops have proposed a five-day meeting of the denomination’s global decision-making body, the General Conference, in May 2026.
Keith Myer raised over $16,000 to help with travel and lodging
A Southern Baptist pastor in Maryland recently organized a fundraiser to help sexual abuse survivors travel to the denomination’s convention in New Orleans this June.
