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7 Signs Your Church is Ready to Reach New People If new people showed up this week, is your church set up to receive them? Here are seven signs your church is ready to reach new people. The Problem of Ageism and Church Staff Near Retirement Many churches say they value older adults, but their staffing decisions often t
How Oro Valley Church of the Nazarene Is Growing Across Every Generation Focusing on multigenerational growth is one reason Oro Valley Church of the Nazarene (OVCN) has flourished. Located in Oro Valley, a Southern Arizona suburb that has shifted from a retirement destination to a hub for young families, OVCN has expan
Ed Stetzer: Is Revival Here? "What are we to think about all of this talk about a religious resurgence and increased spiritual interest? What is really happening?" A journalist coined ‘the Bible Belt’ 100 years ago – it’s been oversimplifying the South ever since ‘The Bible Belt’ has been used for a century to describe
Where have all the clergy gone? The root cause of many of our problems was the disastrous decision by those in what was then called the Advisory Board for Ministry (ABM) to push the average age of ordination up by ten years over about ten years. Just pause for a moment, and reflect on what that does to the age profile
Armed Church Security Teams: Good Idea or Bad Idea? The question of whether a church should have an armed security team is both practical and pastoral. Churches want to be welcoming places of worship, but they also have a responsibility to protect the people gathered on campus. An armed security team may be appropriate
Welcome to Sundays at All Hallows. This Sunday, September 6, 2026, is the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity. This year the Last Sunday after Trinity, also known as Bible Sunday, falls on October 25, 2026, six Sundays from this Sunday. You can learn more about Bible Sunday from this Christian Today article, “What Is Bible
How Do We Know When to Shut Down a Church? Before concluding that a church should close, it should be tested from five different angles. No single test is decisive by itself. Together, however, they help pastors, elders, and sending churches discern whether Christ is calling a struggling church to persevere—or to concl
Welcome to Thursday Evenings at All Hallows. While the dog days of summer, the hottest, most humid time of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, traditionally run from July 3 through August 11, the time of the year when Sirius, the Dog Star, appears near the sun, causing the ancients to associate the summer heat with th
God Brought Them Here: How to See Church Visitors This Sunday afternoon I was speaking with my pastor on the phone about first-time visitors—those people who walk through the doors of our churches for the very first time. As we reflected on this, one thought kept returning to my mind: we often fail to notice the very p
Why nondenominational churches aren’t Baptist churches in disguise The claim that nondenominational churches are Baptists without the label has some basis in fact but isn’t ultimately accurate. And ironically, a whole lot of Baptist churches are acting more like nondenominational churches these days too. If Gen Z is co
Callings at risk, Save the Parish warns A LOSS of confidence in ordained ministry is the “major obstacle” to tackling the crisis in stipendiary-clergy numbers, a new report from the campaigning group Save the Parish concludes. The report, Parish Ministry: Addressing the crisis in stipendiary clergy numbers in the Churc
Why God Uses Small Ministries to Make a Big Impact In Episode 238, we delve into the topic of church size and why God uses the underdog to make a big impact. Join hosts Scott Ball & A.J. Mathieu as they discuss the neutral nature of church size and emphasize the significance of church health in fulfilling the mission.
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