Jehovah's Witness - Central Congregation

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 …

How Jehovah’s Witnesses and Shunning Contributed to a Triple Murder-Suicide

The practice of turning former believers into outcasts is just cruel.

How shunned Jehovah's Witness mom killed her entire family

She made a video of herself saying that she was "broken" and that she didn't want to burden her family.

What Serena Williams Has Said About Being a Jehovah's Witness

Ahead of the U.S. Open this week, Serena Williams said she won't celebrate her daughter's first birthday because she's a Jehovah's Witness

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.

10 Ways to Teach Kids to Sit in Church

Want to take your kids to church with you? Find out how to learn to go to "big church." Worship, learn, and serve together. Kids can love going to church.

Why I’m Coming Out as a Christian

I’m not scared that non-believers will make me feel like an outcast. I’m scared that Christians will.

You Need Jesus Christ More Than You Can Imagine

Pause and ponder this question: How much do you think you need Jesus Christ? I'm saying you need him even more than you can imagine.

Jesus Christ, We Should Have Narrowed This Down, But Which Animal Are You?

If you take this quiz, we have to tell you what your spirit animal is. Yeesh, what have we gotten ourselves into?

Video series, coming seminars show how focus on generosity can invigorate congregations

Say “thank you” early and often, and not just once a year.Talk about faith and generosity in worship. Make it “as central as the spiritual practices of

17 Facts About Jehovah's Witnesses

They're going to ring your doorbell. Who are they and what are they selling?

A Teen Girl’s Guide To Growing in Christ

It can’t be easy to be a teen girl. Though I suppose there has probably never been a context in which coming of age was free from all challenges, there’s no doubt that the twenty-first century offers some new and unique ones. And if it can’t be easy to be a teen girl, it can’t be any easier to be a Christian teen girl who is already following the narrow road that leads toward Christ but which also leads her …

What Didn’t Christ Accomplish?

The cross of Christ accomplished everything we need to glorify God by being eternally happy in him. But is there anything the cross didn’t accomplish?

Why Imitate Christ?

Why should Christians imitate Christ? They should do it for their own sakes. If they desire to be spiritually healthy--if they want to escape the sickness of sin and enjoy the vigor of growing grace, Jesus must be their model. ...

The Face of Christ?

“Community is like a large mosaic. . . . We can do little with individual stones except compare them and judge their beauty and value. When, however, all these little stones are brought together in…

How Do I Run to Christ?

Are we disciples of Christ, or servants?

Discipleship requires action and conversion, the engagement of both hands and heart.

How to Just Be You (in Christ)

I am a devout follower of the cult of the Enneagram. It’s almost troubling (key word, almost) how often I am thinking about it’s implications for

What Does It Mean to Abide in Christ?

The exhortation to “abide” has been frequently misunderstood, as though it were a special, mystical, and indefinable experience. But Jesus makes clear that it a

How can we be the messengers of Christ?

We are like the angel messengers at the tomb: to interpret the signs of Christ’s presence and activity.