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4 Types of Leadership Needed in Missional Churches
Even a casual study of Scripture makes clear that in order for churches to become missional, they need different kinds of leaders. God called people with different abilities and gifts to lead the church as new...
Refugees Risk Perilous Sea Voyages for Better Lives
Soaking wet and standing in the only clothes they have. When BMS World Mission's Ann MacFarlane sees refugees arrive after a perilous boat journey to southern Italy, they are in a shocking state. The boats keep on...
December 15, 2014
Black Church Leaders Call for Transforming Anger into Change (Boston Globe) Senate Affirms Ambassador for Freedom of Religion (New York Times) Preacher at Born Again Baptist Church Speaks Out Over 'Santa is Satan' Sign...
December 13, 2014
Ark Encounter Leader Says Group Prepared to Fight in Court for State Tax Breaks (Lexington Herald-Leader) Lawsuit Threatened After Bibles Distributed at School (11 Alive, GA) Wealth May Have Driven the Rise of Today's...
Baptists’ Differing Views on Senate Torture Report
Baptist leaders offered a variety of responses to the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee's long-awaited report on the U.S. use of torture during the George W. Bush administration. While the full 6,000-page report is...
Profiles in Goodwill: David Hull
David Hull is the southeast coordinator for the Center for Healthy Churches and lives in Watkinsville, Georgia. He was the pastor of First Baptist Church in Huntsville, Alabama, for the past 12 years. David's Skype...
What Impact Will ISIS Have on Middle East Churches?
I've been writing and speaking much about ISIS in recent months, and several important questions still need to be addressed. What are the long-term implications of ISIS for the church in the Middle East region? How do...
December 12, 2014
Islamic State Extremists Top Religion Newswriters’ 2014 Stories of the Year (Reuters) ‘KKK’ Painted on Third Fla. Church (First Coast News) NC Church Members Indicted for Abusing Gay Man (Winston-Salem Journal)...
It (not what you think) happened in Bethlehem
By John Pierce Bethlehem is best known for a baby of great significance who was born there. With many festivities we celebrate that event this time of year. But can you name a lesser but important soul who died there?...
Each Christmas, We Celebrate Jesus the Refugee
As you reflect on the Christmas story, do you celebrate and affirm its connection to Africa and refugees? Each semester in my "Introduction to the New Testament" course, I ask students to retell the Christmas story....
Texas’ Voter ID Law: A Hurdle to Keep the Poor from Voting
I quit driving a couple of years ago for health reasons; my driving was so bad that the health of others was in jeopardy. Just kidding (somewhat). Why I quit doesn't matter. But I still had a valid driver's license to...
Profiles in Goodwill: Juan Aragon
Juan Aragón is the Hispanic ministries' strategist for the West Virginia Baptist Convention of the American Baptist Churches, USA. Juan's articles that have appeared on EthicsDaily.com are available here. 1. Where did...
December 11, 2014
Ark Park Won't Get Kentucky Tax Incentives (Louisville Courier-Journal) Why Millions of Christian Evangelicals Oppose Obamacare and Civil Rights (Salon) Appeals Court Hears GuideStone Challenge to Obamacare (Baptist...
If Magic Wands Were Real: 12 Wishes for Churches
My 5-year-old granddaughter recently shared with her parents her Christmas wish list. Leading off, was this simple request: "a REAL magic wand." She's serious about this. She also asked for "a real fort." My wife and I...
Why Christians Cannot Ignore Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its fifth report in September 2013. Sir John Houghton, a well-known Christian activist and former member of Kidlington Baptist Church in Oxford, had...
Profiles in Goodwill: Greg Mamula
Greg Mamula is an ordained American Baptist minister and serves as the associate executive minister of American Baptist Churches (ABC) of Nebraska. Greg's articles that have appeared on EthicsDaily.com are available...
December 10, 2014
Court Order Won't Let Fundamentalist Woman Talk Religion in Front of Her Kids (FOX13) Ark Encounter Developer Attacks 'Misinformation' with KY Billboards (WKYT) Bible Verse Removed from Local Michigan Park After...
What’re you skeered of?
By John Pierce Before Battlefield Parkway (that locals still call “2A”) connected Fort Oglethorpe and Ringgold, Ga., as well as I-75, the brief drive from our house to church was over undesignated Daffron Hill. Daily...
Rejecting Liberia’s Status Quo to Build Better Future
Is this Liberia? No, things have changed. "There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why … I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" So said Robert F. Kennedy as a way to describe his...
Profiles in Goodwill: Tony Peck
Tony Peck is general secretary of the European Baptist Federation. Tony's articles that have appeared on EthicsDaily.com are available here, and his video interviews are available here, here, here and here. 1. Where...
Global Religious Leaders Pledge to Eradicate Modern Slavery
Leaders of the world's major religions gathered last week at the Vatican to show their united commitment to ending "modern slavery." The "Declaration of Religious Leaders against Slavery" was signed by Pope Francis,...