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Below you'll find many of our most recent posts, including selected articles from Faith Today. You can also select one of the options in the boxes to the top left of your screen to jump to other types of articles not included in the list below (e.g., Dispatches from Brian, EFC Updates, media releases, official statements, outgoing letters, research, etc.).

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Church & Mission
27 March 2020

Tips for Small Church Pastors During the Pandemic (Based on EFC Research)

Now is the time to play to your strengths, mobilize your people and resist any impulse to reinvent the wheel, suggests EFC research assistant Lindsay Callaway.

TagsCOVID-19, Doug Estes, Lindsay Callaway, pandemic, research, small churches
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Church & Mission
22 August 2018

The beautiful gift of small churches

Ron Johnston, director of Small Church Connections, highlights the outsized impact small churches. Republished with permission of Faith Today, Jul/Aug 2018.

TagsFaith Today, intergenerational, megachurch, small churches
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Church & Mission
22 July 2018

Youth transition research now available

How can churches help youth keep the faith after high school? Free download of "Renegotiating Faith" and links to related podcasts and other resources.

Tagsfrançais, Hemorrhaging Faith, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Power to Change–Students, Renégocier la foi, Renegotiating Faith, Truth Matters Ministries, Young Adult Transition Research, Youth for Christ
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Family & Community
Church & Mission
23 May 2018

Marv Penner on helping youth keep the faith

This FT Interview is reprinted with permission from the May/Jun 2018 issue of "Faith Today."

TagsFaith Today, Hemorrhaging Faith, Marv Penner, Renegotiating Faith, Young Adult Transition Research
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