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What Characterizes a Healthy Church

WEBAfter reviewing these lists, one might wonder who is right, if anyone. I like to take a different approach by observing that each author prepared their list based upon …

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Measuring the Health of the Church — EFCA Blog

WEBOver the past few decades local churches and pastors have developed in-depth systems and strategies to measure the health and effectiveness of their churches. …

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The Importance of a Christian Worldview — EFCA Blog

WEBA Christian worldview has implications for understanding history. . . . God who has acted in history in past events will also act in history to consummate this age. A …

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Helping Churches Respond to "Change or Die"

WEBThe reality of our current cultural context. A March 2019 study from Exponential by Lifeway Research found that “6 in 10 Protestant churches are plateaued …

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A Church Logs a Course Toward Wellness — EFCA Blog

WEBA Church Logs a Course Toward Wellness. The mental health crisis came knocking. They answered. Mark Holmen, senior pastor of The Log Church in Crosslake, …

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Regathering as the People of God — EFCA Blog

WEBAlthough we are still living in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the curve has been flattened in many countries. After living with shelter at home orders for …

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The Local Church, Pastors and Staff: Individual Health Insurance

WEBThe Local Church, Pastors and Staff: Individual Health Insurance Loses Tax Benefit. One of the blessings of being a part of an association of churches, a …

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Addictions: Sin and/or "Chronic Disease"

WEBHow are we to understand addictions? Are we affected by genetics and upbringing (nature and nurture)? Are we morally responsible for them? How does this …

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Twenty Years in the Wild West — EFCA Blog

WEBTom Cairns is the archivist for the EFCA. A physician who worked for 19 years in Congo, Tom later served as director of international ministries for the EFCA …

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Increase Our Vision — EFCA Blog

WEBAny small church in today’s economy faces the same challenge: surviving day-to-day yet growing its vision. “Sometimes there are great, immediate needs that …

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Book Review: Expositional Preaching — EFCA Blog

WEBThis would be our textbook. David Helm is a preaching pastor and executive director of the Charles Simeon Trust, a ministry that trains preachers in the mold of the …

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Kids in Crisis and the Church — EFCA Blog

WEBExperts have offered a variety of explanations for the drastic increase, from social media and societal stress to diet and genetics and the pandemic has only …

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Christians, the Church and COVID-19 — EFCA Blog

WEBPrayer. Living now with a real virus that has reached pandemic proportions, it has become viral. Although we have used this term to describe the spread of the …

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Planting churches — EFCA Blog

WEBPlanting Churches, Together. Partners with the President with Scott Sterner, Kyle Eaton and Andrew Ward. Scott Sterner. Kevin Kompelien. January 31, 2024.

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Choosing Joy — EFCA Blog

WEBOn May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old black American man, was killed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during an arrest for allegedly using a counterfeit bill.

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How Race and Religion Shape Millennial Attitudes on Sexuality …

WEBRobert P. Jones and Daniel Cox wrote an article summarizing the survey done by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI): “How Race and Religion Shape …

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Mark Wold — EFCA Blog

WEBMark Wold has served as ReachGlobal director of church health and development since 2007. He and his wife, Marilyn, have three married sons and six …

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Pastoral Tenure — EFCA Blog

WEBPastoral Tenure. Greg Strand. December 16, 2015. One of the things that has changed over the course of years I have served in ministry is that the tenure of …

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EFCA Ordination: An Example — EFCA Blog

WEBEFCA Ordination: An Example. As a follow up to the earlier post on the importance and benefits of credentialing in the EFCA, I thought it might be insightful to hear from a few …

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