Editor’s Choice: The Best of 2018

At first there were churches. Christians glanced at their clocks Sunday morning, realized the family was about to gather, and hurried down to the meeting place. “Hello, church. Great to see you.” In the 1960s and ’70s multi-service churches showed up. They provide a convenient and cost-effective way to grow a congregation, even if everyone can’t meet at the same time. “Wait, you’re a member, too? Do you come to the 9:30 or the 11 a.m. service?” A decade later, multi-site churches followed. They divide a congregation not chronologically but geographically. “One church, multiple locations” is the motto. People can meet…