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The True Story Behind "Oh Happy Day" (It Started as a Fundraiser)

Five hundred vinyl copies, sold by hand to pay for a bus trip to Washington. Nobody involved was trying to make a hit, and that may be exactly why they did.

5 Signs Your Sermon Prep Process Is Broken, and How to Fix It

If Saturday night still finds you staring at a blank outline, the problem probably is not your discipline. It is your process.

6 Gospel Songs That Secretly Teach Sound Theology (and the Stories Behind Them)

You have sung these songs a hundred times. Here is the theology hiding in plain sight, and the true stories that produced it.

Pastor of the Month: Rich Villodas of New Life Fellowship

The Brooklyn-born lead pastor of New Life Fellowship is helping churches rediscover a slower, deeper, more emotionally healthy way to follow Jesus.

Christianpreneur of the Month: Cody Cottle

The serial entrepreneur behind the Christian Entrepreneur Club is building more than businesses. He is building a community for believers who refuse to separate faith from ambition.

Three Church Leaders to Watch in 2026: Dharius Daniels, Corey Brooks and Philip Anthony Mitchell

Pastor Dharius Daniels, Pastor Corey Brooks and Philip Anthony Mitchell are leading in three very different ways, but each is forcing the church to think more seriously about transformation, community impact and discipleship.

This Church Helped Cancel $35M in Medical Debt

Transformation Church in South Carolina helped erase $34.9 million in medical debt for more than 17,500 people across the Carolinas. The story is a powerful example of what can happen when generosity, strategy and community partnership work together.

The Church Can't Be Healthier Than Its Leaders

Why Peter Scazzero's The Emotionally Healthy Church remains one of the most important books for pastors, ministry teams, and church leaders who want lasting transformation instead of surface-level growth.

What We Like About Transformation

Transformation Church has built one of the most recognizable modern church brands in America, but the lights, creativity, viral sermons and unconventional presentation are only part of the story. What may be most worth studying is a culture of generosity and a willingness to reach people much of the church had quietly stopped expecting to come.

Sermoni Wants to Give Pastors Their Saturdays Back

The new ministry preparation assistant helps pastors turn prayer, study, and emerging sermon ideas into organized, preach-ready messages without handing the pulpit over to technology.

Four Churches, Four Models: What Healthy Ministry Looks Like in America Today

2819 Church, New Life Covenant Church Southeast, Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church, and Change Church demonstrate that effective ministry does not have one appearance, one worship style, or one growth formula.

Stop Trying to Make Church Cool: How to Engage Adults Under 50 With Something Deeper

Younger adults are not one generation, and they are not all hostile to faith. Churches that want to reach them need more than modern branding. They need credible leadership, meaningful relationships, practical discipleship, honest preaching, digital connection, and room for younger people to help shape the ministry.

The Offering Is Sacred. It Is Not a Complete Financial Strategy.

Churches should continue teaching biblical generosity, but growing community needs, changing participation patterns, aging facilities, and economic uncertainty require leaders to think beyond one weekly revenue stream.

What Wheeler Avenue Can Teach the Modern Church About Legacy, Leadership and Lasting Impact

A historic Houston congregation demonstrates how churches can honor their past, navigate pastoral succession, serve the total person, and remain relevant without surrendering their identity.

Your Business Can Be Ministry Without Pretending It Is a Church.

Christian entrepreneurs do not have to choose between spiritual purpose and commercial success. They do, however, need the wisdom to integrate faith with strategy, profit, leadership, customer service, and measurable value.

Your Church Already Has a Culture. The Question Is Whether It Is Healthy.

Church culture is not created by mission statements, slogans, or Sunday experiences alone. It is revealed by what leaders tolerate, how people are treated, where accountability exists, and what repeatedly happens when no one is watching.

Church KPIs Every Pastor Should Track Without Turning Ministry Into a Corporation

What You Measure Reveals What You Value.

Does Every Business Idea Come From God?

Christian entrepreneurs often approach their ideas with a quiet assumption: if I feel called to it, God must have ordained it. The reality is more nuanced — and more liberating.

How to Hear God's Voice When Making Business Decisions

Discernment Is a Discipline, Not a Feeling.

10 Signs Your Business Is Running You Instead of You Running Your Business

If your business cannot survive a single day without you, you have not built a business — you have built a job with extra steps and no HR department.

Why Christian Entrepreneurs Need Systems, Not More Motivation

Motivation Gets You Started. Systems Keep You Running.

Biblical Budgeting for Christian Entrepreneurs: How to Manage Money Without Letting Money Manage You

Budgeting Is Not a Constraint on Generosity — It Is the Condition for It.

Why Your Church's Growth Strategy Should Focus on Consistency Before Expansion

Healthy Growth Is Usually Slow Before It Is Visible.

Managers Maintain. Leaders Multiply.

Why Christian Leaders Must Learn the Difference.

7 Biblical Principles Every Christian Entrepreneur Should Build Their Business On

Business Is More Than a Way to Make a Living.

How Pastors Can Save 10 Hours Every Week Without Sacrificing Biblical Integrity

Ministry Was Never Meant to Be a Race Against the Clock.

How to Structure Your Christian Business for Long-Term Growth

Choosing the right legal structure is a stewardship decision, not a formality. A faith-driven founder's guide to LLCs, operating agreements, and long-term growth.

Faith and Personal Growth in Every Season

The seasons that feel like interruptions often do the deepest formational work. A meditation on growth, grief, and what it means to keep becoming.

The Year Of The Shift

Christian leaders are collapsing the old line between ministry and business. Why 2026 may be the year that frame breaks open for good.

CP Mag Honors Rev. Jesse Jackson

A tribute to Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights icon who spent six decades proving that the pulpit and the public square were never meant to be separate.

Millennials Are Coming Back to Church

After a decade of decline, church attendance among young adults is quietly rising, and the fastest growing congregations are not the ones chasing trends.

Keys to Small Business Success

Faith-driven founders rarely fail from a lack of vision. Four practical keys to margin, pricing, hiring, and rest for Christian entrepreneurs.

Richard Smallwood: Iconic Songwriter

Half a century of hymns and gospel standards from a songwriter who built a career on the conviction that grief and worship belong in the same song.

Is Your Pastor Depressed?

Clergy burnout has become a staffing crisis most congregations are not structured to catch early. What the warning signs look like and how boards can respond.

Your Brain on Worship: What Neuroscience Can and Cannot Tell Us About Prayer, Praise and Spiritual Formation