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Election season is here! As you head to the polls this week, remember to lead with curiosity, listen well and love your neighbor, including the one who votes differently than you.

Join David Kinnaman and Ashley LaLonde for a 3-hour live intensive on Barna’s newest research into what 18–35-year-olds believe and want from the church, including a first look at the data behind Jesus Is Back. Nov 4 | Live on Zoom. Save your seat at bit.ly/4icze60

Theology + trust. Chuck DeGroat closes out our season with a hard, honest conversation about character. If you missed it, Episode 13 of the Faith & Culture Report is waiting for you. Watch today: bit.ly/4z34QAJ

Are you living out of fear or love? In the season finale of the Faith & Culture Report, Chuck DeGroat takes us back to Genesis 3 and shows how we’re invited out into the open. Catch the full episode, available on all podcast platforms. bit.ly/4hZgsOa

Sunday is Pastor Appreciation Day. To celebrate, everything in the Barna store is 20% off this weekend ONLY. Shop for your own ministry or grab a gift for your pastor. Use code THANKYOUPASTOR for 20% off sitewide, valid through Monday, Oct. 12.

45% of practicing Christians use AI to help with Bible comprehension and study. On Episode 10 of The Faith & Culture Report, Ashley LaLonde and David Kinnaman sat down to unpack new Barna data.

A look back at our Reimagining Ministry for Gen Alpha webinar. Here's what stood out when we looked at how young adults are shaping the future of ministry. Let us know what you think! Catch up on the research, link in bio.

"If we innovate without observing, we create things for a world that doesn't exist." Jo Saxton on what it really means to lead and serve with faithfulness. Catch up on Episode 3 of the Faith & Culture Report, bit.ly/4j1fX8r

Catch up on Andy Crouch's interview and the rest of the Faith & Culture Report. Listen now on your favorite podcast platform. bit.ly/462XIrs

Pastors score 67 out of 100 on relational well-being. Practicing Christians score 85. David Kinnaman unpacks that gap, and what it means for how we lead. Episode 12 of the Faith & Culture Report with Pete Scazzero, link in bio.

We've extended registration for our Preaching in the Age of AI CoLab, 48 hours ONLY! Catch up on Week 1 with Sharon Hodde Miller, and don't miss the rest of our speakers. Use code LATEREG15 for 15% off, valid until Wednesday. Sign up now, bit.ly/4iHsBcA.

Pete Scazzero on "Emotionally Healthy Success." He unpacks the first marker of a healthy team — leaders who are discerning God's will personally before they try to discern it together. Listen now bit.ly/3UTLaQU

Your congregation is asking questions your seminary never prepared you for. This isn't a course on using AI tools in sermon prep. It's a CoLab on how to preach faithfully and effectively to a culture AI is actively reshaping. Register today. bit.ly/3VkJuQm

No five-year plan. No fifty-year plan. Tara-Leigh Cobble's strategy is to listen to God and do what He says, even when that's harder than it sounds. New episode of the Faith & Culture Report is live now. bit.ly/3SkzVA6

Slightly more than one in three (34%) practicing Christians agree that spiritual advice from AI is just as trustworthy as advice from a pastor. Learn more in our upcoming CoLab, Preaching in the Age of AI, beginning September 15. Sign up today. bit.ly/4i9nr8P

42% of U.S. adults say they're reading their Bible weekly, up from a 15-year low in 2024. Tara-Leigh Cobble joins the Faith & Culture Report to talk about what's behind the rise. New episode of the Faith & Culture Report is live now. bit.ly/4gnQLHy

Tara-Leigh Cobble on the praiseworthy parts of God we don't usually recognize, and why His wrath belongs right alongside His love. New episode of the Faith & Culture Report is live now. bit.ly/4gV9SZu

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