Rushing Waters Assembly of God

Why we will no longer be a welcoming church

We’ve decided to quit being a welcoming church. No kidding. We’re giving it up. Like so many congregations, we’ve sunk an amazing amount of time and energy into becoming a welcoming church. We changed worship styles, trained greeters and ushers, wore name tags, brewed coffee, went to workshops on hospitality and put our friendliest people …

Why Homosexuality Is Not Like Other Sins

Homosexuality is not the only sin prohibited in the Bible, but it is different from all the rest, at least right now. And we have really good news for homosexuals.

Should Your Church Live Stream?

Chances are, your church has either started live streaming recently or has considered it at some point. With equipment improvements, lower entry costs, and availability through the web and social media, live streaming is becoming more common in the church. If you are considering adding a streamed service or posting videos for replay viewing to …

Seven Reasons Why We Should Not Accept Millions of Years

There is an intensifying controversy in the church all over the world regarding the age of the earth.

If We Can Worship Anywhere, Why Go To Church?

It doesn't just matter that we worship Jesus. It matters that we worship him with other people.

How to Worship as a Family

So, what should we do in family worship? It’s simple: read the Bible, pray together, and sing to the Lord.

Should We Still Dress Our Best for Church?

I’m a millennial and I still think it’s best to wear our best to church. Recently my brother (Jonathan) and his wife (Vera) launched an online tie store called French Thread (shameless …

ID Card Benefits for Religious Organizations

Find out how religious organizations and church groups are using ID card technology to help identify church members and keep them more secure.

10 Tips for Creating Inclusive Religious Organizations

We are a stronger country when religious organizations of all faiths live up to our values -- when we are welcoming, diverse, moral, and respect one anot...

Serving a God Who Is Not in a Rush

"Human beings have always been in a hurry. God has never been in a hurry."

What TechSoup Offers Religious Organizations

This article provides an overview of the TechSoup product donations and learning resources that can help your religious nonprofit get the most out of its technology.

Is the God-Centeredness of God Precious?

When you discover that God is not only perfectly glorious, but that everything he does is for his glory, your life may get flipped upside down.

Why the “Cool God” Is a Puny God

Just because Cool is culturally pervasive doesn't mean it’s big.

Knowing God or Knowing About God?

Some of us have reduced knowing God to knowing things about God. So, what next?

To Truly Know God Is to Love God

“The heart cannot love what the mind does not know."

Why God being 'God' is inclusive for all

I have never used the personal pronoun for God because God is not a person.

God is more than an idea. God is a person.

There is the faith that we profess, and then there is the experience of faith by which we believe. One is a list of notions. The other is an encounter with a person.

What is an Act of God Event

A party cannot escape responsibility for injury or damage unless it was proximately caused solely by an Act of God. An “Act of God” is an event caused by natural forces beyond human control, such as an earthquake, violent storm, lightning, or an unprecedented flood that cannot be reasonably anticipated or...

What If God Doesn’t Answer?

If You Are Looking for God, God Will Find You

Even as we are looking, and even when we mostly feel lost, God is somehow finding us, whether or not it feels that way to us.