November 3, 2026
Capturing Glimpses of God’s Glory: An Interview with Nature Photographer Kenneth Keifer
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The Credibility Factor
Ken Swatman explores how pastors build credibility through time, authenticity, transparency, and biblical authority while leading congregations through discipline, redemption, and restoration.
Enrolling Our Kids in the Jesus Mission
Janet McMahon shares how responsibility, relationship, repetition, and results helped her children process a family move to Kansas City for the planting of Restore Community Church.
How Churches Can Help Families
Paul Alexander urges churches to strengthen marriage and family ministry through practical programs, honest pastoral storytelling, marriage mentoring, and simple research into what couples truly need.
Like Father, Like Son
Victor Knowles explores how faithful homes, supportive parents, prayer, hospitality, and ministry modeled up close helped shape several father-son ministry families in the Restoration Movement.
Generation to Generation: An Interview with Wayne Rice
Youth ministry pioneer Wayne Rice reflects on Youth Specialties, intergenerational church life, and why parents and the whole congregation matter in helping teens grow in faith.
Why Do Christians Serve? Guilt or Gratitude?
Larry W. Bailey explores the burden of guilt, the limits of human coping mechanisms, and the freedom Christians find when service flows from gratitude for God’s forgiveness.
“God, I Hate You!”
John Mark Hicks explores honest lament, grief, anger, and faith through Madeleine L’Engle’s startling prayer, Mack’s pain in The Shack, and Job’s wrestling with God.
You’re Not as Bad as You Think You Are
Mark Atteberry offers eight grace-filled reasons Christians may need to stop beating themselves up over guilt, failure, expectations, and unfinished stories.
The Integrity Mirror
Church leadership accountability begins behind closed doors. Chuck Booher confronts intimidation, dishonesty, and abusive leadership practices, challenging pastors and elders to demonstrate biblical integrity, humility, and Christlike service…
The Arts-A Perfect Opportunity to Invite
Shockley Flick shows how music, drama, dance, and visual arts can help churches welcome newcomers, involve believers, and create meaningful opportunities for evangelism and community.
Literature as a Tool for Spiritual Growth
Marvin D. Hinten recommends ten literary classics that can help Christian leaders reflect on temptation, confession, grace, spiritual struggle, and the power of literature to connect readers with…
God in the Cinema
Joseph C. D'Alessandro reflects on how Renaissance art awakened his faith and how film can help churches tell stories of redemption with beauty, power, and truth.
Megachurches: The 2009 List
CHRISTIAN STANDARD’s 2009 megachurch chart lists 114 megachurches and emerging megachurches, including churches with weekly attendance of 1,000 or more.
Register Today for Our Reports on Medium and Large Churches
Christian Standard invites churches averaging 250 to 999 in weekend attendance to participate in upcoming surveys for special reports on medium-sized and large congregations.
Megachurches: The Church of the Decade Is Real Life Ministries (Web-only Feature)
Real Life Ministries’ growth reflects a focus on relational discipleship, community outreach, leadership development, and partner churches rather than a personality-driven or performance-centered model.
