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Gavel Named for Slaveholder Replaced With One Recalling Missionary at SBC...
Traditionally, Southern Baptists open the annual meeting with the banging of the Broadus gavel, named for John A. Broadus, a founding faculty member of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary who was also a slaveholder and a believer in white superiority.
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Evangelical Division: Why Have We Christians Suddenly Become So Divided?
The evangelical movement today is dividing into separate communities that hold some common tenets but differ dramatically in other ways. Will this splitting of the evangelical soul end — or will evangelical division only continue to grow?
5 Mistakes Pastors Make with Church Finances
Should pastors be involved in church finances? Working with different churches over the years, I’ve seen lots of approaches and believe there are the five primary church finance mistakes pastors make.
Bethel Church Responds to Pastor’s Request for Clarification on Beliefs
About a year ago, I sent Bethel an email asking them to clarify a lot of the things that are being said about them. They finally began that process.
16 Ways to Provoke Your Children to Anger
Here are some ways that we parents can provoke our children to anger. I’ve done many of these, and for this reason I’m grateful for the blood of Jesus and the power of the Spirit to change.
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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.
