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Saddleback Church’s Ordination of Women Pastors to Be Considered by SBC...
A committee that determines whether churches are conforming to Southern Baptist Convention affiliation rules will consider whether Saddleback Church, led by Rick Warren, can continue in fellowship with the SBC after Saddleback recently ordained three women pastors.
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Coping With Disapproval – A Pastor’s Guide
A disapproving facial expression stirs up the flight-fight part of our brain and heightens anxiety, even more than an angry facial expression does. I’ve experienced those disapproving looks and have learnedabout coping with disapproval.
Tony Evans Father’s Day Sermon: Men Need to Make a Choice
Dr. Tony Evans delivered a challenging Father’s Day sermon this year. The pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship asked men to evaluate who they were going serve this year.
14 Principles Of Effective Church Administration
Dr. Dwight Riddick's remark was “Operate the church like a business? Yes, but elevate that. Operate the church like the Bible says. Good businesses get their ideas from the Bible. If the church does good Bible, it will do good business.” That's effective church administration.
Run 4 Experiments This Summer to Help Find Changes in the Church This Fall
Summer Church Experiments - Rather than looking for the “perfect” strategy for your church, it’s better to consider your practices as a series of experiments with changes in the church and then watch the results.
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Best of ChurchLeaders: Tim Mackie and Jon Collins on Why It’s Hard to Understand...
BibleProject's Tim Mackie and Jon Collins say it's not surprising if people find the Bible hard to understand. "Most people," says Tim, "aren’t in the habit of reading ancient texts from across the planet from thousands of years ago, and that’s what the Bible is."
Best of ChurchLeaders: Kara Powell on the #1 Reason Youth Leave the Church—And How...
"Our vision," says Dr. Kara Powell, "is that churches and youth ministries would be the first place where young people feel like they can go with their tough questions."
Laurence Koo: A Call for the American Church to Welcome Single (LGBTQ) Believers
“Especially in America, there’s such a loneliness," says Laurence Koo. "How do I even fit into a community that’s so based on only families and married people?"
Preston Sprinkle: Jesus Left the 99 to Pursue the One—And That Means Trans People
“I would recommend that a pastor with a group of leaders work hard at educating yourself" about trans identities, says Preston Sprinkle. "We can’t pretend that this is such a fringe issue that it's not worth our interest to engage in."
Caleb Kaltenbach: Do You See the LGBTQ Community Through God’s Eyes?
“God is the most empathetic being in the entire universe," says Caleb Kaltenbach, who observes, "Nobody is empathetic from a distance."
Rachel Gilson: How Jesus Helps Me Say No to My Same-Sex Desires
"You can’t only say no," says Rachel Gilson. "You have to say yes. Yes to Christ the only strength I know.”
Sean McDowell: Scripture Is Very Clear About God’s Design for Sexuality
When it comes to sexuality and gender identity, “We're committed to Scripture," says Sean McDowell, "but we are [also] committed to loving people sacrificially.”
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12 Things A Church Pastor Cannot Do
There are 12 things a church pastor cannot do. Pastors are amazing people and, in faith, they can do a lot...just not these things.
