News
Sunday, March 22, 2026
Congregational Response to the Pandemic: Extraordinary Social Outreach in a Time of Crisis
When the Hartford Institute for Religion Research released its second report on how U.S. congregations navigated the COVID-19 pandemic, the findings pointed to resilience and innovation — food trucks repurposed as mobile feeding centers, new dementia cafes, sandwich ministries scaling to feed 1,20
Monday, March 9, 2026
Hybrid church is here to stay. Is your congregation ready?
As congregations navigate post-pandemic life, hybrid church is reshaping who belongs — and raising hard questions about community, sacrament and pastoral care.
Sunday, February 1, 2026
Lessons From Pandemic Church Planting Apply to Current Immigration Crisis
Faith leaders are responding to immigration enforcement with sanctuary, pastoral care and legal advocacy. Churches must remain present and resist unjust power.
Friday, October 24, 2025
How Churches Can Help Congregants Heal from Pandemic Trauma
After the pandemic’s trauma, faith communities are rediscovering healing through embodied worship, service, and trauma-informed ministry.
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
First Baptist Dallas iCampus Extends Local Church Into Global Community
By Mark A. Kellner Pastor Manny Pandula, who helps shepherd the iCampus ministry at the First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas, is happy to welcome virtual congregants. Indeed, he offers a video greeting at the close of each service. But if you can attend a local church, Pandula would prefer y
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Picking & Choosing in the Pews: Multi-Church Attendance
Nearly half of American worshipers now regularly attend services at multiple churches, and 7% consider themselves members of more than one congregation — a dramatic shift enabled by digital streaming that's reshaping how people practice their faith.
Saturday, August 23, 2025
How Small Congregations Thrived Through the Pandemic
As the pastor of what would be deemed a “small church”, with under 250 members, I have thought often about the “winners and losers” among congregations since the Covid pandemic.
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
The Post-Pandemic Church Is About Fit, Not Size
One of the common things that I hear when talking to new members at my congregation is that it “felt like coming home.” There was an ephemeral quality that spoke to them that made them feel that this is the place where they want to build a community.
Monday, July 28, 2025
‘God Gave Me the Desire to Go Back’: How COVID Renewed Churchgoing for Many
Kathy Nichols of Hebron, Wisconsin was a regular churchgoing person for most of her life until 2004. Then at age 50, she stopped going.