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By Carl Stagner It’s an all-too-common sight: a local congregation widely scattered for worship in a cavernous auditorium. If pews could talk, they’d speak of a bygone era when seats were filled [...]

By Carl Stagner Four years old. That’s how young John Michael Hinton was when he recalls getting hooked on magic tricks. His father had pulled a sleight-of-hand trick—the classic [...]

By Carl Stagner Willow Creek Church in Chicago, Illinois, has long been known as one of the largest, most influential churches in the world. Even in the years following a difficult season for the [...]