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The question to carry into this week's staff meeting
This summer the flags come out and the room fills with both pride and politics. If a first-time guest walked in over the Fourth of July weekend, what would they leave knowing your church loves most?
You can honor a country and still be unmistakable about what's ultimate. The order is the witness.
What other churches are talking about this week
Southern Baptists meet in Orlando (June 10) — Their annual meeting passed resolutions on assisted suicide, immigration, political violence and America's 250th birthday, and advanced a constitutional ban on women pastors. A snapshot of the nation's largest Protestant body this summer. Read the rundown →
Will your church mark America's 250th? (June 16) — Half of pastors say yes, Lifeway finds — but the pull toward patriotic worship is fading. 45% now call it important, down from 56% in 2021, and fewer worry love of country is crowding out love of God. See the study →
One trend not everyone has caught yet
The youngest people in your pews are now the most regular. — Barna finds Gen Z churchgoers attend 1.9 weekends a month and Millennials 1.8 — the highest young-adult rates it has tracked, now outpacing older generations. Yet the average churchgoer still comes just 1.6 times a month. They're coming back; they're rarely there two weeks running. See the research →
What your people will bring to the pews
It's a loud, divided summer — charged enough that even denominational gatherings are passing resolutions on political violence. Your people feel it before they reach the parking lot. This Fourth of July, make sure the table is wider than the ballot box.
One pain. One teammate.
People finally want to get involved — but every new volunteer still lands on my desk to vet, train, and plug in.
The teammate for this:
Staff & Volunteer Onboarding Kit turns receiving new people into a repeatable path — application, screening, role-match, first-day training — so a wave of new (and younger) volunteers gets placed and shepherded without all of it routing through you. One of three bonuses bundled with Exec Pastor OS.
See it →Free tools live at churchops.ai/on-the-house.
A verse we're sitting with
"But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ." — Philippians 3:20
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