According to Leadership Network, 2% of all U.S. Protestant churches have merged in the last two years and 8% more are planning on it within the next two years.  That represents some 30,000

I just finished reading the Call to Action by the Bishops of the United Methodist Church.  It's good stuff. In fact, it's great stuff – to a point.  The five aspects of a vital

This first part of the 21st century may well be remembered as a "hybrid world." Cars are morphing from purely gas to both gas and battery. Communication is morphing into email and text.

The other day in a seminar a middle-aged woman asked me to define what I meant by the Missional Church. I quickly replied, "A missional church is organized around mission." Mission is their organizing