What if every baptism were treated not as the end of an event, but as the beginning of a purposeful shared journey toward Christlikeness? We Planned the Wedding, But Who Is Helping with the Marriage? I’ve heard that the median cost for a wedding these days in the United States is somewhere between $20,000 and $25,000. The average is even higher, landing between $33,000 and $36,000.1 Just imagine what you could do with an extra $30,000. If your rent is $1,700 a month, you coul

The “Ghost Roster” is the credibility gap between the names a church claims and the people it can actually know, shepherd, disciple, and hold in accountable covenant. The gap has two sides: members who are absent and regular attenders who have not become members.