New Life Deliverance Temple Church

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 …

What alcoholics can teach churches

Daybreak Fellowship blends language of addiction recovery with Christian worship

Should Your Church Live Stream?

Chances are, your church has either started live streaming recently or has considered it at some point. With equipment improvements, lower entry costs, and availability through the web and social media, live streaming is becoming more common in the church. If you are considering adding a streamed service or posting videos for replay viewing to …

What the Bible Says About Homosexuality

What does the Bible truly say about homosexuality? In this blog you can find out the truth about what it says concerning same-sex love.

If We Can Worship Anywhere, Why Go To Church?

It doesn't just matter that we worship Jesus. It matters that we worship him with other people.

Why the Church isn’t Reaching my Unchurched Friends

Millenials want customized, personal experiences at their church. The one size fits all Sunday sermon doesn't connect with them<br>As a 25 yr old, I agree. Many of my own friends don't attend mass. They're not leaving the church, they just don't want to get up and go on Sunday. I feel it's not so much about people being "fake", but that their church experience isn't being customized. I think the only way forward to capture young people's interest is to make that…

His pew or hers? Woman concerned about man she met in church

Q: I met a nice guy at church of all places, and he's invited me out. I'm excited but nervous. Do I stay at his house or let him come to mine? It's been a while.

New Churches Focus on Building a Community Life

As more Americans identify as “spiritual but not religious,” evangelicals are changing their focus to building inviting community spaces.

Cult-like Practices at Word of Life Church

The recent beating death of a teenager may indicate religious abuse and cult-like practices.

Old churches find new life beyond religion

Churches are being converted into bars, condos, bike shops, and hotels.

How to preach so your church wants heaven more than life

Helping our people long for heaven through our preaching requires preachers who long for heaven.

Looking to Declutter Your Spiritual Life? The Church Has a Tool for That.

Share Tweet Pin Email As Christmas approaches, do you look around your home and wonder where you will put any new gifts you receive this year? Do you have piles of stuff or stacks of paperwork laying around because you’re not sure what to do with them or where to put them? Maybe your home …

How money from dying churches could breathe new life into communities

A local pastor established a fund to receive assets from closing houses of worship.

Everlasting life? How going to church could help you live longer 

For the last the last 2,000 years it has preached a message of eternal life – but only in the hereafter.

Can you be with someone long-term if you don’t attend the same church?

In this week’s question, Pastor Mark joins Grace to answer the question from a lady who attends a non-denominational Protestant church is dating a man who attends a Catholic church. She wonders what this means for their relationship long-term and if they can stay together if they’re not attending the same church.<br>Have a question you’d like Grace to answer? Send it in to hello@realfaith.com.

Desecration nation: When churches crumble, so does respect for life

There are several ways to desecrate a church. One is to destroy it from the outside — burn it and vandalize its holy contents as a sign of disrespect. Another is to attack it from the inside — undermine its teachings and turn its congregants against their own beliefs. Christianity, for one, is under attack from without and within. As religious values fade from the social landscape, with them disappears respect for human life.

How a Church Greeting Saved One Man's Life

Are you underestimating the power of a simple greeting in your worship service?

The Family Church Podcast : Upcycling Part 4: When Life isn't Fair

The Family Church Podcast<br>How often has life been unfair? Whether a sudden tragedy, an illness, or circumstance, most people know that life is not fair. Using the story of Joseph, Philip expands on where to focus when life isn't fair. We can choose to embrace the opportunity for growth, glorify God even in the dungeons, look for ministry opportunities. don’t settle for the dungeons, expect God to be good, even when life isn’t, and know that God is faithful even when others…

Can You Complete The Temple Run From "The Legends Of The Hidden Temple?"

What if the Church Was the Church?

What does it look like to be the salt of the earth? For one thing, it might look like Christians welcoming sinners and eating with them.