National Association of Evangelicals launches 2021 ‘bless your pastor’ initiative in midst of church leader burnout
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“The NAE’s national research has shown that pastors face very real personal and financial challenges” - RNS
Book Review – Black Fundamentalists: Conservative Christianity and Racial Identity in the Segregation Era
Daniel R. Bare, Black Fundamentalists: Conservative Christianity and Racial Identity* in the Segregation Era (New York University Press, 2021). 260 pp. $30.00 USD
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Is Evangelicalism Due for a Hundred-Year Schism?
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“The specific issues are many, some comparatively new (critical race theory, former President Donald Trump), some all too familiar (racism and race relations beyond the one theory, roles of women, sexual ethics, Christian nationalism, church handling of abuse), all with a political edge.” - C.Today
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Russell Moore: Sickness, death from COVID-19 likely reducing some vaccine hesitancy
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“Pastors are advocating for vaccines but misinformation has driven some evangelical hesitancy about getting COVID-19 shots, Moore told Washington Post Live.” - RNS
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Understanding evangelicalism in America today
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“One place to begin is historian David Bebbington’s four-part definition of evangelicalism. In his 1989 book, Bebbington argued that evangelicals share …” - The Conversation
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Who Are ‘Evangelicals’ and Why Knowing That Matters for Your Church
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“Our personal experience and anecdotal evidence shouldn’t automatically outweigh solid statistical research, but it can provide a window into some of the confusion surrounding evangelicals.” - Lifeway
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A Report on the IFCA Annual Convention (Part 3)
Another topic that received almost as much attention as the main theme at this year’s IFCA International Annual Convention, which was held in Lincoln, Neb., from June 28 to July 2, was social justice as well as the related subjects of critical race theory, intersectionality and wokeness.
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A Report on the IFCA Annual Convention (Part 2)
In the previous installment, I began to share a report on this year’s IFCA International Annual Convention, which was held from June 28 to July 2, in Lincoln, Neb.
The convention theme was “The Soon & Coming King—Biblical Eschatology.” Convention attendees ratified a resolution that complemented that theme, titled, “Resolution on Dispensational Premillennialism.”1
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Why some younger evangelicals are leaving the faith
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“Disaffected young evangelicals and those who left the church describe an out-of-touch institution not in line with their political beliefs, a scholar found” - RNS
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A Report on the IFCA Annual Convention (Part 1)
During the week of June 28 to July 2, I attended the annual convention of the IFCA International, where I oversaw the exhibit for The Friends of Israel Gospel Ministry.
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