Beware the nationalism trap: Political partisanship (pt 2)
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“…the seduction in our time is intense, as principles are forgotten in the passion of pressing issues.” - CPost
Online giving sees slower growth than online worship
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“In 2017, Lifeway Research found 30% of churches offered a giving option on their website. In April 2020, 48% of churches said they were continuing to offer online giving, while 16% said their church had added it since the pandemic began.” - Lifeway
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6 Economic Factors That Will Impact Churches in 2022
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“With so much movement in the U.S. economy coming out of the 2020 recession, six specific factors will directly affect churches in 2022.” - Lifeway
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SBC’s Conservative Baptist Network Calls Out Seminary Prof for Promoting Gay Son’s Sermon
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“The Conservative Baptist Network (CBN) released a statement Wednesday night (Nov. 23) blasting Dr. James Merritt’s endorsement of his son’s recent sermon. Jonathan Merritt identifies as a homosexual.” - C.Leaders
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Confessing the Faith: The Place of Confessions in Church Life
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“Our regular confession of the fundamentals of the faith is partly an endeavor to humble ourselves. In a global city like Vienna, we aren’t usually the first true church that one of our new members has encountered…. we regularly pray for their success. Indeed, we confess our unity with them in the gospel, that is, for instance, expressed in the Apostle’s Creed.” - 9 Marks
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Church Speaker Placement 101 – Everything You Need to Know
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“Regardless of what speaker system you currently use, a basic understanding of the room & loudspeaker interaction and the applied fundamentals can help you make a substantial improvement in your systems performance.” - C.Leaders
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Prompted by Ravi Zacharias’s Abuse, Missions Organizations Are Urged to Assess Accountability
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“The International Conference on Missions president says leaders on the wrong path depend on Christians who don’t want to know.” - CToday
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United Methodist meeting to consider split is still on … for now
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“the Commission on the General Conference said Friday (Nov. 19), it hasn’t ruled out postponing the usually quadrennial meeting of the denomination’s global decision-making body yet again.” - RNS
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Two Kidnapped Missionaries Freed in Haiti
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“Christian Aid Ministries asks for continued prayer for 15 members still in captivity after 37 days.” - CToday
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Biblical Roles of Men & Women in the Church, Part 1
Todd Kinde
A biblical theology of manhood and womanhood within the church can be approached in a couple of ways. One way is to determine from Scripture what a man or a woman can or cannot do in the life and ministry of the local church. A second way is to discern what man and woman are to be within the local church. Who one is determines what one does, while what one does defines who one is. With this premise in mind, this article will begin by gleaning the Scripture for truths regarding our being, then truths regarding our doing.
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