I came of age at the tail end of the era when most CMC churches had a written set of lifestyle standards for church members.

In churches across the nation, pastors and congregants are increasingly asking hard questions about the purpose and value of church life as we have come

We lived a half mile from the church, occasionally walking to the service when the weather was nice. This proximity to the church and my

I was young, maybe 11. The world I had known was altered dramatically one day when I learned that a close friend’s parents were getting