by Nick Baird-Chrisohon | Sep 12, 2024
While many of us are just now getting ready for fall’s litany of falling leaves, football, and pumpkin spice everything, many churches are starting their planning for the season of Advent. In our go-go-go culture, it is easy to only think of Christmas and eschew...
by Nick Baird-Chrisohon | Jul 10, 2024
One of the common yet least talked about issues in church’s today is financial literacy. We often assume how people earn, save, and spend is their business and their business alone; however, people in the pews – across all incomes – may not actually...
by Nick Baird-Chrisohon | Jul 2, 2024
Friend of Project Thrive and religious data scientist Dr. Ryan Burge recently co-wrote The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back? with Jim Davis and Michael Graham. In this article on Truth Over Tribe, they...
by Nick Baird-Chrisohon | Jun 24, 2024
The Southern Baptist Convention has been in the news quite a bit recently due to decisions made at this year’s annual convention meeting. Many of the decisions signal the evolving beliefs of America’s largest Protestant denomination. Friend of the program...
by Nick Baird-Chrisohon | Jun 20, 2024
In a recent e-newsletter from Alban at Duke Divinity, editor Prince Rivers writes this: “During the heyday of American Christendom, you might have been able to make the case that congregations did a decent job of carrying out their mission without much...
by Nick Baird-Chrisohon | May 29, 2024
In our final year of Project Thrive 1.0, we find ourselves in an interesting – if not a bit precarious – situation. The political divide in our country has led to many social divisions among friends, families, and churches. We will be offering additional...
by Nick Baird-Chrisohon | Apr 30, 2024
Churches go through life cycles. They grow; they decline. They are started, and they close. Sometimes, following the life of the church is similar to following your favorite sports team where we are asked to support it even when it disappoints us. In this article in...
by Nick Baird-Chrisohon | Apr 4, 2024
One of the Seven Thriving Traits we articulate at Project Thrive is Collaboration. We often see collaboration as two parties engaging in a shared work or ministry. But sometimes, collaboration is a helping hand from one source with greater resources to another with...
by Nick Baird-Chrisohon | Mar 13, 2024
Every church wants to reach young people, and many choose to do that by going with tried-and-not-so-true gimmicks and draws. The secret is simple: just do it well. Youth and young adults today appreciate seriousness and depth when the topic deserves it. In this...
by Nick Baird-Chrisohon | Feb 29, 2024
If your church is lucky enough to have Gen Z (folks roughly between the ages 10 – 27 in 2024), you or people in your church might not see them as leaders just yet. But the only way to make leaders is to invest time and trust into their development. In this...
