Want to succeed as a leader? Ask for help, says Joni Eareckson Tada
(RNS) – Good leaders are often told to play to their strengths and hide their weaknesses.
Worship song cowriting strikes a chord with churches, audiences
(RNS) — In January 2023, Chris Brown and a group of fellow songwriters working on a live worship album for Elevation Church, a nondenominational megachurch in Charlotte, N.C., sat down for a writing session.
How much does forgiveness cost? $7 million for one Christian college.
(RNS) – A dispute with the federal government over how to count employees, mixed with some bad timing, could cost a small evangelical Christian college more than $7 million.
Perfect storm leads major insurers to drop churches
(RNS) – An ongoing wave of disasters – Gulf Coast hurricanes, wildfires in California, severe thunderstorms and flooding in the Midwest – along with skyrocketing construction costs post-COVID have left the insurance industry reeling.
Resisting sports gambling sometimes a losing bet, faith leaders say
(RNS) — On Sunday, millions of Americans will gather with friends to eat snacks, laugh at the latest TV commercials and watch a little football as the Kansas City Chiefs take on the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII.
Radio preacher Alistair Begg won’t back down from advice to attend LGBTQ wedding
(RNS) — For the past few weeks, Alistair Begg, pastor of Parkside Church in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and host of the “Truth for Life” radio program, has been caught in what he calls “a storm in a teacup” over advice he gave about attending an LGBTQ wedding.
Judge dismisses Muslim couple’s lawsuit against school where daughter converted to Christianity
ROCKFORD, Ill. (RNS) — A federal judge in Illinois ruled that a state school district is not responsible for the actions of a teacher who allegedly proselytized students in a public school classroom, leading a Muslim student to convert to Christianity.
On the YouVersion Bible app, Americans looked for hope in 2023
(RNS) — Bobby Gruenewald might know more about how Americans read the Bible than anyone else in the country. For the past 15 years, Gruenewald, an online entrepreneur turned pastor, has run the popular YouVersion Bible app — a free application that has been downloaded more than 700 million times in the U.S. and around the world.
Giving is up at churches and people are back, but challenges remain
(RNS) — Three years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, churches have fewer people in the pews, more money in the collection plate and less conflict than they had in 2020.
Sarah Young, author of ‘Jesus Calling,’ dies at 77
NASHVILLE (RNS) — Sarah Young, a former missionary whose devotional prayers became a Christian publishing juggernaut, has died at age 77.
