by Nick Baird-Chrisohon | Nov 25, 2023
Christmas and Advent are just around the corner! As churches seek to celebrate the Incarnation, big plans often go into place. We decorate the whole church, plan special services, and even host Christmas parties with a particularly jolly special guest. But would...
by Nick Baird-Chrisohon | Nov 16, 2023
Sunday School? Bible study? Series study? These are all possible ways to include adult education into the life of your church. In this handy list from the Lewis Center for Church Leadership, there are 50 tips for improving your church’s adult education...
by Nick Baird-Chrisohon | Nov 14, 2023
As all of our Project Thrive churches well know, church buildings can be both an asset and a liability to ministry. Within those buildings are decades (and in some places centuries) of history and heritage. In the South, predominantly Black churches carry a special...
by Nick Baird-Chrisohon | Nov 10, 2023
It’s the preferred way many people like to think of their church – extended family. What better metaphor for describing the potential for a church community to be as close, vulnerable, and supportive as one’s own kin? There are some pitfalls to this...
by Nick Baird-Chrisohon | Nov 1, 2023
We have all seen it. A church has a wonderful clothes closet or food bank or some other resource-giving ministry that just makes you feel kind of sad. Oftentimes, churches will invest the minimum to make spaces welcoming in exchange for reaching more people with more...
by Nick Baird-Chrisohon | Oct 25, 2023
It may sound like a broken record for regular readers of our blog posts, but the so-called “Nones”* are a big demographic in our communities. In this blog for the Lewis Center for Church Leadership, friend of Project Thrive Dr. Ryan Burge discusses ways...
