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There may be a knee-jerk reaction against a digital church, but there can be little doubt that a new way of doing – and being – church is being forged through technological innovation and an increasingly digital world.

Christian Twitter is in an uproar over comments that Atlanta-area pastor Andy Stanley made about gay people, comments that follow recently renewed controversy regarding Stanley's views on the Bible. The outcry pertains to the pastor's remarks on the faith of gay people who are part of a church community.

Why do people look for a new church? A study published in "Religion and Politics" and based on a survey of 2,000 Americans found that about 1 in 10 Americans (11.1%) said they’d left a church for political reasons, with another 7% saying they’d “seriously considered" leaving their church over politics.

Thom Rainer joins the Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast to discuss why being a Christian means being part of a local congregation and what pastors can do to reach those who have been alienated from the church.

Two days after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Pastor Matt Chandler challenged Christians to “step up” and push back darkness in a “brutally difficult” world. Chandler prefaced his message by saying he celebrated Roe’s reversal but “did so with a great deal of sobriety.”

Brown Missionary Baptist Church in Southaven, Mississippi, canceled all in-person activities Wednesday, June 15, after a man threatened to “shoot up” the church.

Last Thursday, a swastika was drawn in black marker on the front church door of River of Life Church. River of Life, located in San Francisco’s racially diverse Visitacion Valley, plans to increase security following the disturbing hate crime.

Did you know that studies show that kids and teenagers who serve in their local church are far less likely to walk away from their faith as they get older? And there are great ways kids can serve at church.