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Why the Church would benefit from more celibate leaders

The Catholic church is often criticised for its celibacy requirement for priests. In the Protestant church there is the opposite pattern, with mostly married pastors. Yet there are many advantages to celibacy for a pastor and the church.

Many black churchgoers favour hybrid approach to church

The Trends in the Black Church study also found that black church pastors were able to innovate during the pandemic.

Give your fears to the Father

Are you struggling with fear today? Is it the pandemic, a job, food, something else? Are you seeing the size of your worries and not the size of your Savior? I think I can point you in a direction that might help you right-size your fear.

How motherhood has impacted my relationship with God - and how I am trying to rebuild it

Motherhood and juggling all the responsibilities that come with it have taken a huge toll on my walk with God, and the times I have had an intimate moment with God have been few and far between since becoming a mum.

How Harriet Beecher Stowe's Christian faith moved her to challenge slavery

Harriet not only saw what slavery entailed but her offended conscience demanded that she took action. We live at a time when there are plenty of overlooked outrages and we need more Christians with Harriet's enthusiasm to notice them and react wisely.

Many churches saw increase in attendance after switch to online, survey finds

Many churches saw an increase in attendance after moving services online during the pandemic, a survey has found.

If there's one thing we've learned from the pandemic, it's that local matters

And it'll matter even more in the weeks and months ahead.

The importance of teaching young children about money

If we teach children early on about how to manage money, it will help them to avoid problems like debt later on in life, says Sarah Wallace of the Just Finance Foundation.

The courageous faith of Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, executed for his long-standing opposition to Hitler, is one of the great Christian heroes of the twentieth century.

Rise of the religious 'nones' is slowing - study

A new survey reveals that the share of Americans who identify as religiously unaffiliated has declined slightly.

4 lessons in faith from Salvation Army founder William Booth

Many people had been doing work with the poor in various ways, but Booth's genius was somehow to bring together the ingredients of help, evangelism, support and discipleship to produce a formula that, in the Salvation Army, was so spectacularly successful.