Church & Ministry

“Danny Akin, president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in North Carolina, and R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kentucky, issued statements to Baptist Press July 31 after Tom Ascol, president of Founders Ministries, defended the upcoming video/documentary titled ‘By What Standard.’” - BPNews

“Along with Vice President Mike Pence, Trump met with a group of about 20 clergy as they discussed the progress the administration is making on a number of issues impacting inner cities such as employment, criminal justice, prison re-entry and opportunity zone initiatives.” - Christian Post

“Losing the ability to verbally preach is a very painful loss, yet the longer I live in silence, not being able to sing out to the Lord is becoming just as painful.” - Rooted Thinking

“Most background checks sift through more than 600 million felony, misdemeanor and traffic records. Perhaps most importantly, they also check the nationwide sex offender registry. But that may give churches and other religious groups a false sense of security about preventing abuse” - RNS

“Rather than asking, ‘How do we recruit move volunteers?,’ it’s time to ask, ‘How well are we stewarding the volunteers we have?’” - Facts & Trends

“In the Instagram post, Harris commented on the responses he received about his pending divorce and dropped another shocking announcement by revealing that he is ‘falling away’ from the faith and no longer identifies as a Christian.” - Christian Post

“The church, government, and business are all ordained by God and each have a very important role to play in poverty relief. But each exists for a much different purpose than the other.” - IFWE

“The elders: There is ‘a fracture in our church marked by disbelief, confusion, fear, and hurt.’” - Christianity Today