As the pastor walked me through his church building with its huge classrooms, he paused and grimaced. “God just hasn’t given us very many teachers,” he said. In scores of churches I’ve heard leaders complain, “A handful of us … Continued
After such a promising start, it was shocking how fast the Bible study group fell apart. There had been a great mix of people—several from our low-income neighborhood, along with some suburban couples who were serving as volunteer urban … Continued
Why was the church staff referring to our team as their “insultants”? When our consulting team arrived at a Michigan church, the youth pastor eagerly escorted us to the basement that had been transformed into the coolest … Continued
I’ve forgotten most of what I heard in my college Christian education classes, but one class rocked my world. That day a guest lecturer made an innocent-sounding yet subversive observation: “Jesus’ methods are just as much a part of … Continued