A church split does not feel like a disagreement. It feels like a death. One week people are singing next to each other and praying for the lost, and the next they are choosing sides. If you are living through that right now, hear this first: surviving a church split is hard, but people do survive it, and so can you.
I have sat with heartbroken pastors who never saw it coming. I have also talked with believers who walked away from church entirely and never came back, still carrying the wound years later. It happens far too often, and it almost never has to.
Gen Z Churchgoers Attend More but Often Lag in Application
Gen Z churchgoers frequently attend church on Sunday, but their faith often fails to shape their lives during the week.
Also See: Why Gen Z is losing faith in AmericaBecoming a Church for the Engaged, the Skeptics, and Everyone in Between
How can a church invest in all their neighbors, reaching those who are engaged, those on the edge, and outright skeptics at the same time?
The Lost Superpower Every Leader Needs to Recover
Most leaders don’t think of themselves as creative. Al Gordon says that’s the lie keeping you stuck. Al, founder of Renaissance, lead pastor of SAINT in East London, talks about why creativity is the church’s lost superpower, how stress and algorithms are quietly killing your imagination, and what it actually takes to unlock creativity in yourself, your team, and your church.
Also See: David Epstein: The Truth About Talent and the 10,000 Hour RuleACNA Leaders Cite Growth, Resilience Amidst ‘Annus Horribilis’
The chief governance body of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) took steps to admit a new diocese, advanced a comprehensive re-write of its disciplinary canons, and posted attendance growth during its annual gathering June 17-19 at Cornerstone Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
A Defense of the Nairobi-Cairo Proposals
Theologian Katherine Sonderegger argues that the Church’s deepest crisis may also be its most profound ecclesiological moment.
Nobody dislikes Southern Baptists more than Al Mohler
I am disappointed in Al Mohler for a great many reasons. But the Doug Wilson podcast appearance last week is an unsurprising development in a pattern of disappointments.
Mohler has a proven history of disregarding the very people he is supposed to serve.
How women pastors became public enemy No. 1 in the SBC
Southern Baptists have long believed that only men can be pastors. But for decades, the denomination took no action to expel churches where women pastors served. Then, in the middle of an abuse controversy, it became a denominational crisis.
Pastor Douglas Wilson Argues the Bible Supports Using Obscene, 4-Letter Term for a Woman in a ‘Prophetic’ Way
Pastor Douglas Wilson believes he is justified in using a vulgar word referring to female genitalia in certain cases based on his argument that the Bible itself uses vulgarity prophetically. Wilson has been unapologetic about his use of the c-word in a March 2019 blog post, and he explained his reasoning in a recent podcast with The Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles.
Why Women Are Quietly Walking Out of Your Church’s Women’s Ministry
Some women love women’s ministry. Others will never walk through the door, and they have reasons. If you lead women in your church and you cannot name those reasons, you are already losing people you were called to reach. I have spent years watching this play out, and I keep landing in the same place. The problem is rarely the women. The problem is the model.
I am an optimist by wiring. I can stand knee-deep in a mess and still see what something could become. I have looked at struggling teams, fading organizations, and people the room had written off, and seen value other people missed. I bring that same hope to women’s ministry, because the potential here is enormous and the current version is leaving most of it on the table.
Why I stay in the SBC as an ordained woman
For me, staying is as much a calling as my ordination.
Countries worldwide call for abolition of surrogacy: Stop exploitation, harming children
Governments from multiple countries have launched a political declaration calling for an international moratorium on surrogacy, as a step toward permanently banning a practice they say exploits women and children worldwide.
Italy and Chile led the effort, presenting the declaration at a high-level event on the sidelines of the 62nd session of the U.N. Human Rights Council, according to the Christian legal advocacy organization ADF International that moderated the proceedings.
Bonfires, Maypoles and a saint’s day: How Europe celebrates the longest day of the year
Midsummer celebrations throughout Europe coincide with the solstice. Many blend pre-Christian and Christian traditions.
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