Mine Road Amish Mennonite Church

Why we will no longer be a welcoming church

We’ve decided to quit being a welcoming church. No kidding. We’re giving it up. Like so many congregations, we’ve sunk an amazing amount of time and energy into becoming a welcoming church. We changed worship styles, trained greeters and ushers, wore name tags, brewed coffee, went to workshops on hospitality and put our friendliest people …

Why Homosexuality Is Not Like Other Sins

Homosexuality is not the only sin prohibited in the Bible, but it is different from all the rest, at least right now. And we have really good news for homosexuals.

What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality

There is a lot of unnecessary confusion about what the Bible is really saying about homosexuality. Dr. Michael Brown offers five key scriptural truths that dismantle the modern-day argument that God's Word condones the homosexual ...

Why You Should Resist the Urge to Clean Out Your Closet

Four years ago, Marie Kondo’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying shook a never-ending cycle of consumption to its core. All of a sudden, it seemed like everyone was taking to their closets to suss…

The evangelical church has become leaner and arguably meaner

Evangelical churches have lost many moderate members and have become more virulent without losing their power.

They Tried to Start a Church Without God. For a While, It Worked.

Secular organizers started their own congregations. But to succeed, they need to do a better job of imitating religion.

ID Card Benefits for Religious Organizations

Find out how religious organizations and church groups are using ID card technology to help identify church members and keep them more secure.

When Pastors and Churches Pray, God Moves

If you're a pastor, you should certainly be striving for greater excellence as a communicator, as a leader, and as an organizer. You need a vision. You nee

Interfaith Voices: What it means to be a Mennonite

“Aren’t you supposed to be wearing a bonnet or something?”

Where inspiration finds you

We help students of diverse abilities and interests be all they can be -- and nurture creative and innovative learners who are prepared for college, career and life.

How to Address Abortion Within the Church

Numerous post-abortive women sit in the pews of evangelical churches. How do we respond?

What if Churches Started Churches?

Good churches should add “church starting” to the list of ingredients that define their health.

What C.S. Lewis’ Marriage Can Tell Us About the Gay Marriage Controversy

Why “welcome and wanted” is a biblical response to gay and lesbian couples in evangelical churches.

When Is a Church Not a Church?

The tax code allows for some strange political shenanigans.

What is the Church?

Why Church Leaders Need the Church

When you are in need, let the body serve. You will be better off for it, and you will get a chance to experience the ministry of the church to you.

Want to Work at a Church? Go to a Church.

If you want to work at a church, you should go to a church. Don't sit on the sideline and wait for leadership at a church, move towards leadership at church

How Your Church Can Empower a Church in Poverty

Doing this one thing can help empower a church in poverty to be the hands and feet of Jesus to the impoverished in their communities in the developing world.

Finding a Church When You’re Starting College

How are to choose which church to attend during college? Historically, three marks have identified evangelical churches, and these marks can...

Why does the Church have confidential scriptures?

The full body of knowledge that comprises the Scientology religion is contained in more than forty million spoken and written words on the subject—all by L. Ron Hubbard, the source and founder of Scientology.