Christian organizations across the globe are highlighting the plight of refugees and displaced individuals worldwide in honor of World Refugee Day, which comes amid an exponential rise in people forcibly displaced from their homes over the past decade.
Caring for Refugees Starts with Going: Stories From Two HDI Alumni
Both stories are rooted in a deep love for Christ and His work to bring reconciliation here on earth.
Gen Z, Let’s Love Our Neighbors
Following Jesus’s command to love our neighbor can be challenging for all of us, but Gen Z may struggle in different ways than other generations. One simple reason is that we don’t know our neighbors. We can order anything we need from Amazon instead of asking the family next door.
‘God Is Greater Than the Southern Baptist Convention,’ Says Pastor Whose Church Was Ousted
After the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) disfellowshipped her Kentucky church for having a female pastor, Linda Barnes Popham has been doubling down on her disagreement with the denomination’s interpretation of Scripture.
The point has been made that the word, "pastor" appears only once in Scripture and in a passage that makes no mention of gender. This is the passage: "Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ." (Ephesians 4:11-12, NLT) It is noteworthy that this passage refers to Christ's gifts to the local church, not to officers of the local church like elders and deacons.An SBC Pastor Responds to the Decision on Women in Ministry
Bob Bender, a long time Southern Baptist pastor in Oklahoma and Colorado spoke on the floor of the Southern Baptist Convention and said to the roughly 12,000 messengers, “What does it say when we’re slow on the take on sexual abuse of women but quick on the draw to disqualify them from non-lead pastor roles?”
Biblical conservatism and women pastors: A Southern Baptist pastor's understanding
Can you be biblically conservative and have women as pastors in the church you pastor or are a part of leading?
3 Traits of Great Pastors
The greatest pastors aren’t necessarily the ones leading the largest churches or getting featured at the leadership conferences or in Christian publications. They may or may not be great preachers or revolutionary organizational leaders. More often than not, they are actually quite unassuming. But they possess traits that only characterize people who have spent a lot of time with Jesus.
Technology and Its Place in Your Facility
Ministry technology can be the biggest help or hindrance to your church and its mission. Here are some common problems and their solutions, and ideas for every church to use technology to make ministry easier.
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