1. I am sitting in my grandparents’ pew at St. Isidore Roman Catholic Church in Riverhead, N.Y. I have missed the prompt to kneel. The kneeler flips down onto my small foot as a row of parishioners lowers its pious weight. My shout erupts into

CMC’s vision to mature and multiply churches includes learning to think critically and biblically about issues in our culture. When we eagerly seek for God’s Word to speak to every aspect of life, we learn, we grow, and our gospel witness expands. -BH Last month

CMC’s vision to mature and multiply churches includes learning to think critically and biblically about issues in our culture. When we eagerly seek for God’s Word to speak to every aspect of life, we learn, we grow, and our gospel witness expands. -BH What Is

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 to know it. The statistics are sobering. Lifeway Research reported in a 2019 survey that two-thirds of Protestant young adults