Why I’m not jumping on the new bandwagon. Several weeks ago, I attended a conference based on the book Simple Church by Eric Geiger and Thom Rainer (Broadman and Holman, 2006). More than 400 ministry ...

Some churches are getting away from the idea of what a worship place should be and are opting instead to worship in more nontraditional venues such as movie theaters, convention centers and even ...

Simple Church calls churches to focus on making disciples. Amid “an epidemic of fast-food spirituality” in today’s churches, Rainer and Geiger argue for pared-down simplicity: “Big and expanding menus ...

Jordan Poole is pastor of Hope Church Michael W. Pannell Special to The Sun News “We’re really a pretty simple church and we like to keep things simple,” said Jordan Poole, pastor of Hope Church, ...

OXFORD • College Hill Presbyterian Church looks like a set piece from a movie. William Faulkner is thought to have been so struck by its gravitas that he used it as a setting in one of his novels.