Who Needs Missionaries? (It’s Not Just the ‘Unreached’)
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“if, as Paul explained, some labor where others have sown, we can’t limit the church’s mission to pioneer work among the unreached.” - TGC
Johnny Hunt, disgraced former SBC pastor, sues denomination he once led
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“The complaint alleges the SBC and Guidepost engaged in defamation and libel, that they invaded Hunt’s privacy and intentionally caused emotional harm.” - RNS
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Hillsong Church announces changes in financial stewardship following whistleblower’s report
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“… trimmed its staff by 153 through ‘voluntary resignations’ to save $9.47 million annually, implemented a new gifts and honorarium policy, adopted a new culture focused on more effective mission-focused ministry and launched a third-party evaluation of the church’s financial structure and processes.” - CPost
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Barna research: A Rapid Decline in Pastoral Security
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“New Barna data shows that pastors’ confidence and satisfaction in their vocation has decreased significantly in the past few years, and two in five (41%) say they’ve considered quitting ministry in the last 12 months.” - Barna
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Ministry Is Bigger in Texas
“What do you think about going to Texas?”
Chris Katulka, director of North American Ministries for The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry, posed that question to me in the summer of 2020.
“To live?” I think that was my response.
Well, he explained, at least initially it would just be for a visit. I was given the task—the test?—of lining up and then executing my own ministry trip to Texas.
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Got Reverence? Try Minor-Key Songs on Sunday.
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“Scripture teaches it’s good to sing songs that voice both joy and sadness. But there’s another emotion Scripture commends to us and our churches that can get neglected: reverence.” - TGC
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Should a church administrative assistant be a member of the same church, or is it better to hire someone from outside the church?
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“This debate has gone on for years. … Here are some of the arguments I’ve heard on both sides.” - Chuck Lawless
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Saddleback’s Andy Wood: Female Teaching Pastors Are Biblical, Female Elders Are Not
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“Stacie and I are grateful to be called to serve at Saddleback Church. We are not co-pastors but rather have unique roles on staff. I’m serving as the lead pastor and one of our Saddleback overseers while Stacie is serving as one of our teaching pastors” - C.Leaders
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Failures and Fixes of Leader Training, Part 1
A night club, a recording studio, an apartment complex, a tae-kwon-do facility. No, these are not answers to the questions from the winner’s circle of the $25,000 Pyramid gameshow. This is the reality for many church buildings in America. Places that once boasted the gathering of worshipers for Jesus Christ, are now lamented as monuments to “empires” of the past. Some were edifices built not for the King, but for a king!
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