Church & Ministry

“Those who disagreed with their clergy about Trump were the ones who changed congregations” Washington Post

“A church in Britain has started a text-a-prayer service, allowing members to at least send their prayers to the church’s mobile phone if they are unable to attend services.” CPost

“Some 8,500 people — including a significant contingent of Southern Baptists — celebrated the Protestant Reformation’s 500th anniversary at The Gospel Coalition’s National Conference April 3-5 in Indianapolis.”

“Barna has released a report on the first of a two-part exploration of faith and spirituality outside the church, looking at the ‘fascinating segment of the American population who, as the saying goes, love Jesus but not the church.’”

“The Australian government says it has found no evidence that any of its donations to the Christian charity World Vision had been siphoned to Islamic militant group Hamas.”

“But a new survey of evangelical leaders — mainly pastors whose flocks were crucial to Trump’s victory in November — shows that close to 90 percent of those asked opposed the idea of clergy endorsing politicians from the pulpit.”

Babylon Bee: “Some things are worth fighting for … Plus, brewing all the coffee together in one pot reminds us of the unity purchased for us in Christ.”

Roger Olson: If Christian song writers and performers and congregations have new songs with this theme/motif, I would be glad to know about it … This theme/motif seems to have dropped away almost entirely. How can something that central, prominent, signal, crucial to a type of Christian spirituality drop away entirely and something valuable not be lost?

“While the government now recognizes freedom of religion, it doesn’t grant the right to build churches or other religious structures. It has demolished a handful of churches in recent years, but allowed their members to continue meeting in makeshift home sanctuaries.”