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7 Parenting Errors That Can Influence Adult Children to Leave the Faith

By Q. O. Helet / February 22, 2024

Despite bedtime prayers, careful church attendance, family Bible reading, and a firm commitment to living out the faith, neither of our two adult children is currently following Christ. I hope to see others avoid such an outcome. In that light, here are seven parenting errors that can influence adult children to leave the faith.

When Your Spouse Won’t Join a Solid Church

By Nick Batzig / February 1, 2024

What is a believer to do when his or her spouse refuses to attend a church or is unwilling to join a local congregation?

What Are the 3 Marks of the Church? Distinguishing between Healthy and Dangerous Consumerism

By Wes Van Fleet / January 23, 2024

Knowing the three marks of the church helps us to understand what Christ’s church is actually meant to be—and not be disappointed when church doesn’t meet all our expectations.

Finding a New Church After Moving—and Growing in the Process

By Erica Chase / August 21, 2021

My husband and I decided to move our family of five from California to Colorado. The idea of leaving our church family was overwhelming, and finding a new church turned out to be more difficult than we expected.

“Gathering Together” in Creative Ways When We Can’t Be Physically Present with One Another

By Daniel Rowlands / March 27, 2020

The normal ways Christians join in fellowship have changed for the time being. Here are some ways to “gather together” when we can’t be physically present with one another.

A Northwest Church Search

By Simona Gorton / March 13, 2019

How do Christians decide which church to attend? As we walked through the doors of new churches, struck up conversations, and sat under preaching, we wrestled with the reality that no church is perfect. What should we even be looking for?

A Message to Millennials about the Church

By R. Scott Clark / April 22, 2018

To quote Billy Joel, Millennials “didn’t start the fire,” as it were, but they have added to it. Millennial suspicion of the visible church is a part of the pattern of suspicion of existing institutions generally. Why should Millennials (and everyone else) value the visible church?