Church attendance is still evolving in a post-pandemic world

 Research-based guidelines for leading the church in a new era of ministry

By Eileen R. Campbell-Reed

How can Christian leaders adapt to the changes the pandemic has brought? A scholar who has studied pastors and volunteers during the past three years offers suggestions for adjusting to a new reality.

Bored? Don’t avoid that feeling. Engage it

Q&A with Kevin Hood Gary

Most people respond to boredom by either avoiding it — hello, smartphone! — or resigning themselves to it. But what if we dealt with boredom by transforming it into a different state of mind?

 

What anti-equity policies mean for higher education, particularly HBCUs

By Ira Murray

A series of recent decisions will have far-reaching ramifications headed into a new academic year, writes an associate director of Vanderbilt University’s Initiative for Race Research and Justice.

Church attendance is still evolving in a post-pandemic world

By Shari Finnell

The latest findings from a five-year study reveal church attendance is recovering but without a discernible pattern.

 

The emergence of AI requires ministers to be proactive

By A. Trevor Sutton

Rather than reacting with overblown fear or uncritical acceptance, Christian leaders should learn the benefits and pitfalls of artificial intelligence.