Articles for tag: Sunday

January 27, 2017

By Ronald G. Davis Sunday again. One hundred sixty-eight hours have passed, and now we are here again. How feebly we apply markers to the times of our lives. Yet we are creatures of time, having been destined to be born into time, to suffer all the joys and vicissitudes time offers, to die and find an end to time. Here, at this table, week after week, we assemble to remember that Timeless once entered into time. The Timeless One took on the weaknesses of time, so that he could save us from the inherent weaknesses of being creatures of

July 15, 2012

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Church Planting

Megachurches: Storm Clouds Ahead?

By Brian Maris It”s not all smooth sailing for the megachurches. Church leaders I interviewed foresee some storms on the horizon. In my previous column (May 27), I shared seven positive trends megachurches are experiencing. These were gleaned from interviewing nine authors, academics, megachurch pastors, and missional church planters. These nine were overwhelmingly optimistic about the future of megachurches. But not everything they see is positive. Today, we”ll look at three concerns that were mentioned in those interviews. 1. Overfishing in Other Churches” Ponds “There are two kinds of megachurches,” states Eddie Gibbs, senior professor of church growth at

March 3, 2011

Christian Standard

Worship Worship & Prayer

Songs Written Especially for Messages

Harpeth Community Church (Franklin, TN) finished its Harpeth Songs Project last Sunday. Each week during February one of the songwriters at HCC (a church just a few miles from downtown Nashville) shared an original song that tied in thematically with the day”s message. “This was an intentional effort to make space for our musicians who write and sing for a living, but aren”t part of our worship teams,” said creative director Kyle Baker.