Recent commercials for an office-supply store feature an “easy button” that, when pushed, provides a simple solution to an everyday problem. Thom Rainer and Eric Geiger seek to provide an equally ...

Why I’m not jumping on the new bandwagon. Several weeks ago, I attended a conference based on the book Simple Church by Eric Geiger and Thom Rainer (Broadman and Holman, 2006). More than 400 ministry ...

Jordan Poole is pastor of Hope Church Michael W. Pannell Special to The Sun News “We’re really a pretty simple church and we like to keep things simple,” said Jordan Poole, pastor of Hope Church, ...

“Welcome, everyone, to Simple Church!” Pastor Zach Kerzee shouts into the camera, guitar strapped across his chest. Kerzee sits at a dinner table set with steaming mugs of tea, glasses of grape juice, ...

OXFORD • College Hill Presbyterian Church looks like a set piece from a movie. William Faulkner is thought to have been so struck by its gravitas that he used it as a setting in one of his novels.

Back in the day, Mennonite churches were simple sheds designed to not look like a church so as to avoid suspicion. As such, the interiors were usually sober and pure without distractions or adornments ...

After a couple of down-home hymns, a few announcements and an especially warm, wide-ranging greeting, Pastor Joe gave the call to prayer. That meant it was time for the parishioners to remove their ...