What Pastors Actually Think About While They Preach
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“So, what exactly am I thinking while I preach? I’ll share my thoughts, but if you preach regularly, share yours in the comments.” - ChurchAnswers
As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“So, what exactly am I thinking while I preach? I’ll share my thoughts, but if you preach regularly, share yours in the comments.” - ChurchAnswers
“This is the fundamental reason we shouldn’t discard the old approach—the Bible itself invites readers to learn from the lives of its characters.” - TGC
“The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, an arm of Homeland Security, works with faith groups across the country to help them prepare for and prevent targeted violence against their facilities and their members.” - RNS
“According to the church, all information about child sexual abuse passed from church members to their bishops is confidential under the clergy-penitent privilege, and all information passed from the Helpline to church attorneys is confidential under the attorney-client privilege.” - RNS
“Greg Love, co-founder of MinistrySafe, says most state Baptist conventions are following two pathways in helping their churches protect themselves from sexual abuse.” - BPNews
In the vicinity of Kokomo, Indiana, several former United Methodist churches are now “community churches” or members of the Global Methodists. We recently read of a number of Florida churches leaving the denomination.
So are these done? What percentage do current United Methodists retain compared to what they had a few years ago? Do you have an idea/projection as to where this is all going.
“approximately 7,400 congregations have left the denomination since 2019 under the provisions of Paragraph 2553, including 192 churches in the Florida Conference.” - CPost
“It’s not easy to admit that the Inklings—Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and their friends who met weekly to share their writings—weren’t the perfect heroes revered in Christian homeschool guides.” - Mere Orthodoxy
“The majority of movers utilized in-person visits to churches (69%) and recommendations from family, friends, neighbors, and/or colleagues (54%) when looking for a new church….movers also use church websites (40%)” - Lifeway
“seven years after he was fired from NewSpring Church in South Carolina for alcohol abuse and other ‘unfortunate choices and decisions,’ Perry Noble is thanking God for allowing him back into the megachurch space” - CPost
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