Is the 1689 Baptist Confession Sufficiently Missional?
Evangelistic outreach and missions is of prime importance to the church. But neither the Westminster Confession (WCF) nor the Second London Baptist Confession (2LCF) gives much expression or emphasis to the church’s responsibility to take the gospel to all the nations. The chapter “Of the church” (WCF, ch. 25; 2LCF, ch.
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Pastors face questions after selling church property and buying million dollar lakefront home
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“A husband and wife team of pastors from Eden Prairie, Minnesota, are now facing tough questions after selling their longtime church to developers then splurging on a million dollar luxury lakefront home while telling their members that God now wants them to worship in ‘micro churches’ held in their homes.” - Christian Post
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Grace Church - Otsego now accepting applications
Grace Church - Otsego, MN now accepting applications
If interested email: [email protected]
Soon the application will be online, but for now will be emailed out to any interested prospective pastors
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Small group leader advice
I’ve been involved in a small group at my church for quite some time. When i joined the church 10 years ago, I went to a Friday night group. After 7 years, that leader decided to no longer lead a group, so i joined a Sunday night group. This worked out better for me in terms of my job, since I no longer had to worry about overtime work making me late. That disbanded after two years, and I didn’t attend a group at all last year. A new season of small groups is starting up again, and I really want to attend one on a Sunday night, so I volunteered to lead a Sunday night small group.
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How Should a Pastor Think About His Salary?
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“The recognition of universal struggles, however, doesn’t negate the existence of some unique financial constraints on ministry families. Every vocation has its own set of ‘occupational hazards.’ Let me highlight two that operate unconsciously in the social architecture of a local congregation.” - TGC
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Episcopal Church sees greater drop in membership in 2018
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“According to statistics recently made available by the Office of the General Convention, The Episcopal Church saw its active baptized members decline from approximately 1.712 million in 2017 to 1.676 million [in 2018].” - Christian Post
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Benny Hinn renounces prosperity gospel, says ‘Holy Ghost is just fed up with it’
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“I think it hurts the Gospel, so I’m making this statement for the first time in my life and frankly, I don’t care what people think about me anymore” - CPost
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Disheartening Defections
It happened again recently, twice actually. Two prominent Christians renounced their faith publicly. Whenever this occurs, and it seems to be happening with greater frequency, many Christians are affected adversely. Reactions range from simple discouragement and sorrow, to self-questioning, and doubts. “If such well-known Christian leaders no longer believe the gospel, how can I be certain it’s true?”
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