Before concluding that a church should close, it should be tested from five different angles. No single test is decisive by itself. Together, however, they help pastors, elders, and sending churches discern whether Christ is calling a struggling church to persevere—or to conclude its ministry.
6 Signs Your Church Is Dysfunctional
...how do you know if your Christian organization or church is dysfunctional? Let me share some signs I have observed about dysfunctional churches.
A chapel near ground zero was a relief center after 9/11. Now, an exhibit honors its victims.
A new origami installation strings 2,977 paper cranes: one for each person killed in the attacks. The 'Ever Present' exhibition also features artifacts left there in the months after 9/11.
Also See: A World ‘Covered in the Dust of 9/11’In direct appeal to Trump, Catholic bishops' president urges end of mass deportations of Haitians
The letter marks a shift toward a more direct and pointed tone in challenging President Donald Trump’s immigration policy.
Christians urged to pray ahead of assisted suicide vote
Christian policy-group CARE has urged believers to pray ahead of a vote in the House of Commons this Friday on assisted suicide.
A Church That Has Erred Is Still a Church
What, exactly, does the ACNA think the Episcopal Church is? I want to argue that the ACNA’s own authoritative texts have already answered that question, and that Dobbs’s letter applies a rule that those texts reserve for a different relationship altogether.
Olver has a point.When we are not in control, where do we turn?
Creation itself has a way of confronting us with our limitations. And perhaps that is not an entirely bad thing.
Where does our help come from?
In Praise of Ordinary Time
Ordinary Time is brimming with its own peculiar virtues, its own winsome charisms. These are, to be sure, usually more subtle and understated than the signs by which the more frenetic seasons call attention to themselves, but, like a fine aged wine, they are a delight to the senses of those who comes to appreciate them.
The Fight to Ban Superintelligent AI: The Race To Replace Humans Is Already On
The AI Frontier labs are building AI to do what YOU do, only faster and cheaper. And most leaders have no idea what's coming. Will Jones of the Future of Life Institute says this is the part nobody tells you: the more you lean on it to keep up, the more replaceable you make yourself.
In this video, Will Jones, an AI safety researcher, discusses fighting to ban superintelligence, walks through the race to AGI, what it does to your work, and whether you should use AI or resist it.
Where does our help come from?
In Praise of Ordinary Time
Ordinary Time is brimming with its own peculiar virtues, its own winsome charisms. These are, to be sure, usually more subtle and understated than the signs by which the more frenetic seasons call attention to themselves, but, like a fine aged wine, they are a delight to the senses of those who comes to appreciate them.
The Fight to Ban Superintelligent AI: The Race To Replace Humans Is Already On
The AI Frontier labs are building AI to do what YOU do, only faster and cheaper. And most leaders have no idea what's coming. Will Jones of the Future of Life Institute says this is the part nobody tells you: the more you lean on it to keep up, the more replaceable you make yourself.
In this video, Will Jones, an AI safety researcher, discusses fighting to ban superintelligence, walks through the race to AGI, what it does to your work, and whether you should use AI or resist it.
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