To start a fire and to keep a fire going, you need both smaller and bigger logs. In a similar way, suffering people need care of all sizes to keep their faith in Christ warm.

When we faced unexpected adversity, our local church provided help and support.

Not only did the dynamic within my house change but my whole life was shaped through the local church.

I wanted nothing to do with the church. Then everything changed when a guitar teacher quit his job and planted a church in our town of 700 and became our gospel preacher.

I didn’t know how much my heart craved liturgy until I experienced it.

During some of my worst moments of deep introspection, Satan has fired darts at my mind to make me question my salvation and usefulness in my home and local church.

Help lay the building blocks for your people to become life-long readers.

Through biblical reflection and long experience, we have come to believe that counseling works best when connected in meaningful ways to the local church.

My life would be so different without the manifold blessings of the local church.

Although we were in a different part of the country with people we barely knew at all, we were still surrounded by God’s family.

We’ll tend to focus on the imperfections within our local church while only seeing the highlight reel of another church via social media. That’s dangerous.

Not every part of Christ’s body serves the same purpose. And that’s good for us to remember—for so many reasons.