Roxbury Church of the Brethern

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 does Jesus think about Homosexuality?

Is homosexuality a sin? It’s an age-old question, and there are people on both sides of the debate, each quoting their Bibles. How do we know who’s right? What would Jesus do if he were…

Should We Still Dress Our Best for Church?

I’m a millennial and I still think it’s best to wear our best to church. Recently my brother (Jonathan) and his wife (Vera) launched an online tie store called French Thread (shameless …

How Pastors Accidentally Ruin Their Church

It wasn’t on purpose. They never meant any harm to come. But they sat and watched as the church they loved crumbled.

10 Ways to Teach Kids to Sit in Church

Want to take your kids to church with you? Find out how to learn to go to "big church." Worship, learn, and serve together. Kids can love going to church.

Why We Need an Entrepreneurial Church

Chris Lowney on the church’s current crisis of membership, management, and Catholic identity, and what can be done

Why do YOU have to go to Church?

by Laura Kelly Fanucci Why do you have to go to church? I thought I wasn’t going to have to answer that snarly question for a few more years. Maybe …

When you’re the only one who shows up to church

At an Episcopal church in Portland, the show must go on – even when it's just the priest and you.

10 Reasons Why You Should Underprogram Your Church

The "simple church" is able to cast off that which entangles it, even the religious nets of its own devising for the fishing for men, and follow Christ wherever he may go.

7 Reasons You Should Invite (Some) People to Leave Your Church

Sometimes, one of the most effective mission-accomplishing moves is to invite people to leave.

Teach Your Entire Church to Welcome Visitors

Is it time to remodel your church?

Church interiors can leave their mark not only on the liturgy but also on the life of the parish as a whole. Maybe it's time to give them more thought.

10 Traits of a Great Church Member

What kind of members does God use to build a great churchAs a pastor, I have noticed some trends among church people who help move the church forward. The following is a list of characteristics of those type of people. Not everyone will have every quality, but it’s the combination of each of them in people that builds a great church.Great church members:Believe and love God’s Word.Joshua 1:8 “Study this Book of the Law continually. Meditate on it day…

Six Things Growing Churches Do That Others Don’t

90% percent of the churches in the United States today are stagnant or declining. Dying churches are closing their doors at the rate of ten per day. Even church members who have been dedicated to t…

Church, Here’s Why People Are Leaving You. Part 2

“It’s not you, it’s me.” That’s what you seem to be saying, Church. I tried to share my heart with you; the heart of me and thousands and thousands of people like me who are walking away, to let you know of the damage you’re doing and the painful legacy you’re leaving, and apparently; you’re not the… Continue Reading Church, Here’s Why People Are Leaving You. Part 2