After 140 Years, Alliance University Will Close
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“Alliance University, a 140-year-old Christian & Missionary Alliance (CMA) school in New York City, will close on August 31 after years of financial struggles.” - CToday
Why Your Congregation Is Likely More Optimistic about the Future Than You Realize
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“Over 80% of churchgoers predict a promising future for their churches. Is this figure what you would expect? Until I saw the research, I would not have guessed optimism was so high among churchgoers.” - Sam Rainer
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Why the ‘Active Decline’ in US Church Attendance Is ‘Urgent,’ but Not Without Hope
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A look at themes related to the book: The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back? by Jim Davis and Michael Graham - C.Leaders
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John Piper says women shouldn’t lead parachurch organizations
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“In an episode of the “Ask Pastor John” podcast posted on Desiring God’s website on Monday, a listener sent a message asking about female leadership in a parachurch ministry.” - CPost
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Transgender Teens, Pronouns, and Preferred Names: Youth Pastors Grapple with New Questions
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“When I started in youth ministry six years ago, students were still asking about evolution, miracles, and the problem of evil….Those questions have … largely been displaced by questions about sexuality and gender.” - CToday
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How much church is enough?
Okay, we assume “It Depends.” But, beyond that, for most Christians today in the western culture, what is a realistic perspective? Every church has its party line about attendance and the relationship of the official schedule and what good Christians are expected to do regarding that schedule.
We are not talking about baseball teams, Women’s Bible studies, or special concerts or fundraisers. We are not talking about showers, weddings, or funerals or Good Friday, but the regular weekly routine.
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On amending the Baptist Faith and Message: "it should never, ever be as easy as it was last week"
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“My expectation in making the motion was that it would be referred to the Executive Committee and, if they thought it prudent, we might see it come before the messengers on the floor in 2024. To be frank, I thought even that was a long shot.” - Jared Cornutt
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Two Decades in the Providence of God
I distinctly remember the phone call. It was the spring of 1999, and I had worked up the nerve to telephone my esteemed professor, Dr. John C. Whitcomb—the man whose reputation caused me to choose my theological seminary five years previously.
To my surprise, he picked up the phone, stirring within me a mixture of relief and horror. It just seemed like it wasn’t the right instant to talk with him, however. I learned he was actually on his way to what would be his final international speaking trip, to London.
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Barna Research: Pastors rate themselves lower in all areas of wellbeing since 2015
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“Citing data collected for their Resilient Pastor research from 2015 to 2022… showed pastors suffered significant declines in all areas of well-being when asked to rank how they felt as excellent, good, average, below average, poor or don’t know.” - CPost
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Soft Complementarians: Holding to Headship and the Gifting of Women
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“ ‘Soft complementarian,’ as it is commonly called, is neither ‘complementarian’ or “egalitarian”—the two views that are typically featured in the debates.” - Eric Geiger
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