Coronavirus Updates & Stories

5 Ways to Activate Faith Over Fear

These are uncommon days when fear can wear down even the most courageous, positive, and level-headed leaders. More than ever, we need people who are leading from faith.

25 Relevant Hymns About Trusting God in Troubled Times

The relevant hymns of the faith, both ancient and modern, offer us a vocabulary for expressing our fears, anxieties, and questions to the One who hears.

Don’t Be an Idiot – Beyond Covid-19, It’s Still Good Advice

Don't be an idiot means don’t be the fool who still insists churches keep meeting together during the Coronavirus when thousands of people are dying.

8 Strong Coronavirus Sermons You Can Preach

In partnership with SermonCentral, here are eight strong coronavirus sermons. Each provides perspective, inspiration, challenge, and hope. Perhaps a specific coronavirus sermon will inspire and equip you as you seek to speak the Word of God in this unprecedented time.

Franklin Graham Encourages All Pastors to Inform Their Congregations Where to Get the COVID Vaccine

During an Axios interview Franklin Graham encouraged Christians to get the COVID vaccine and spoke about former President Trump running for office in 2024.

What If God Doesn’t Want Us to Go Back to ‘Church, Life as Usual’?

Francis Chan urged those watching that now is the time to repent and to consider that perhaps when all of this is over we shouldn’t get back to “church as usual, life as usual.”

Church After Covid-19: Three Hard Realities the Church Must Face

We’ve all realized the impact of this crisis will not be measured in weeks or even months, but years. Consider three realities the church must face as we prepare for church after Covid-19.

Grace Community Church Fined $1,000 for COVID-19 Sign Violation

Los Angeles County fined Grace Community Church $1,000 for violating a COVID-19 sign ordinance–not because of the content of the signs, but because of their placement.

How Can Social Distanced Worship Be Good?

So what we once considered good worship may no longer be feasible for a season as our congregations gather again for social distanced worship. But just because it is no longer the same doesn’t necessarily mean it can no longer be good.

70% of Churches Are Growing: The COVID-19 Awakening

Something special is happening here in Britain. Similar reports are coming in from around the world.  I never imagined I would be able to type the next sentence: Since lock down 1 in 4 British people have attended an online service. Is this an awakening?

COVID, Christians, and the Civil Magistrate

Rather than attempt to speak directly on the virus itself, what I would like to attempt to address is the way in which Christians respond to the ever-changing information and directives, especially those coming from the civil magistrate.