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Three Reasons to Help Churches Die
Researchers agree the American Church is shrinking rapidly. People are leaving the church in droves. There are few exceptions to this cultural phenomenon impacting every aspect of the Christian life. The tsunami of change is decimating institutions, including...
The Ultimate Source of Recovery: The Bible
In 1977 I began working with alcoholics, drug addicts and those with psychiatric problems. Being a Christ follower in secular settings with worldly theories and practices was not easy. In 1988 I founded NewLife Treatment Centers and we operated 32 Christian NewLife...
What Do You As a Christ Follower Smell Like?
I was what you might call a liquid nitrogen convert to Christianity. If you have ever bumped into anyone who has “seen the light,” you know what I am talking about—very excited, very passionate, tons of energy, and fully committed at the start. That was me—all jacked...
Negative News, Growing Churches
Pastors, If you’re listening to the mainstream media and their negative news, you’d never know that churches across America are growing at such an encouraging rate. Unless... ...You noticed the parking lots on the way to your own church — they’re packed! (Even my own...

Three Reasons to Help Churches Die
Researchers agree the American Church is shrinking rapidly. People are leaving the church in droves. There are few exceptions to this cultural phenomenon impacting every aspect of the Christian life. The tsunami of change is decimating institutions, including...

The Ultimate Source of Recovery: The Bible
In 1977 I began working with alcoholics, drug addicts and those with psychiatric problems. Being a Christ follower in secular settings with worldly theories and practices was not easy. In 1988 I founded NewLife Treatment Centers and we operated 32 Christian NewLife...

What Do You As a Christ Follower Smell Like?
I was what you might call a liquid nitrogen convert to Christianity. If you have ever bumped into anyone who has “seen the light,” you know what I am talking about—very excited, very passionate, tons of energy, and fully committed at the start. That was me—all jacked...

Negative News, Growing Churches
Pastors, If you’re listening to the mainstream media and their negative news, you’d never know that churches across America are growing at such an encouraging rate. Unless... ...You noticed the parking lots on the way to your own church — they’re packed! (Even my own...
How to Improve Accessibility for Seniors at Your Church
Even though religious entities are exempt from ADA rules, you want your church to be inclusive to all individuals. Making your church accessible to...
Bible Or Theology: Which Is Infallible?
Infallibility. Does the word feel dense and tired and kind of irrelevant to you, like a library book that’s sat on the shelf too long? It does to...
Sanctify Your Achilles’ Heel
One of the mightiest heroes of Ancient Greece was the famed Achilles. According to legend his mother, Thetis, held him by his heel and dipped him...
The Gift of Pastoral Leadership
Recently I was in Quebec, ministering among French Canadian baptists. I was stunned to learn that in a denomination of roughly 100 churches, almost...
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Revival happening now!
"As revival closes in on the one-week mark at Asbury University, reports are circulating of other colleges and universities where revival fires have...
Liturgical Renewal
In the aftermath of the recent fragmentation and decline of the church, a growing number of evangelicals in the United States are seeking to find...
Why Are Women Leaving the Church?
Women have always attended church at higher rates than men, but that may be changing. From 2003 to 2019, women’s attendance dropped from 48 percent...
Do Christians Really Need to Attend Church?
It’s one of the most common statements you’ll hear regarding church attendance: “I don’t need church to have a relationship with God.” What’s at the...
About the President
Dave Wike and his wife, Margie, live in Carolina Beach, NC with their four kids and their dog, Happy. When he’s not serving pastors, you can find him strumming his guitar, surfing, or hanging out with his family. He loves the Lord, and feels as though he has called him to caring for pastors time and time again.

Dave Wike
President