In a perfect world, we find a church that has all these things and more, but that is often not possible. When required to choose, what should be a priority when looking for a church home? While there ...

Top-notch preaching is what attracts most people looking for a new place to pray. That’s the conclusion of a recently released Pew Research Center study, which asked 5,000 people about their search ...

(RNS) Top-notch preaching most attracts people looking for a new place to pray. That’s the conclusion of a new Pew Research Center study, released Tuesday (Aug. 23), which asked 5,000 people about ...

DETROIT — To be or not to be a good preacher: That is the question faced by seminaries that have rededicated themselves to forming priests who can awaken the Gospel in their congregation’s hearts — ...

The word that keeps coming back is hunger. Scholars talk about it, but so do preachers and parishioners. The reason that preaching is enjoying a revival in churches where it was a dying art, say ...

Several years ago, our teaching team sought feedback about our preaching. The overwhelming response from our people was, "We want deeper messages." The trouble was they differed widely on what "deeper ...

News & Notes concludes a monthlong series on religion in black America with a look at the artful ways sermons are constructed. Theologian Anthea Butler guides us through the various styles of some of ...

Be strong. Suffer hardship. Remember Jesus Christ. These are Paul’s words of counsel to Timothy in a fallen world and imperfect church. Timothy is facing persecution and many dangers, toils, and ...

John Wesley, the preacher who crisscrossed Britain in the 18th century on a never-ending sermon tour, arrived in Deptford in 1739. He was hardly off his horse before he was preaching to a crowd jammed ...

"The scribes and the Pharisees watched him closely to see if he would cure on the Sabbath” (Luke 6:7). Col 1:24—2:3’ Luke 6:6-11 Luke’s story of the healing of the man with the withered hand on the ...

Top-notch preaching most attracts people looking for a new place to pray. That’s the conclusion of a new Pew Research Center study, released Tuesday (Aug. 23), which asked 5,000 people about their ...