The Alpha-Male Style in American Evangelicalism

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“In her recent book, Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation, Calvin University historian Kristin Kobes Du Mez situates Gothard and Piper in a long line of white, alpha-male leaders whose devotion to a militant Christian patriarchy and nationalism inevitably led to…” - Christianity Today

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10 Tips for Finding a Ministry Position During the Pandemic

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“During the lockdown, I’ve often thought about how kind God was to our church in allowing us to complete the hiring process before everything screeched to a halt. But during the lockdown, I’ve also thought about how difficult it would be to find a job in a church right now.

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Research: Churchgoers express hope, sadness over leaders who leave the faith

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“LifeWay Research asked more than 1,000 Protestant churchgoers how they feel when a person well-known for their work in Christian ministry announces they no longer accept their previous faith…. More than 3 in 5 churchgoers say they hope the former ministry leaders come back to the Christian faith someday” - BPNews

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Tribute to a Faithful Missionary

It was the Summer of 1969, and I found myself in Memphis, Tennessee, pursuing some practical aspects of training for ministry. For two years, I had served as week-end Youth Pastor and Music Director for Faith Baptist church in Chester, South Carolina. I traveled the eighty miles from Greenville to Chester on Saturday afternoons, conducted a Teen meeting Saturday Evening, and slept on a pull-out bed in the church office Saturday night.

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Ministry & COVID-19 Roundup

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Here’s a collection of some of the latest (at this moment) COVID-19 related news and views, mostly from Christian sources.

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