by Zach Dawes Jr | Sep 22, 2015 | Opinion
The mass movement of migrants and refugees is neither primarily nor originally a European crisis. It is a crisis in the home countries of men, women and children fleeing violence, corruption, oppression, poverty and joblessness. Thomas Klammt, coordinator of...
by Joe LaGuardia | Sep 22, 2015 | Opinion
Churches have been scrambling to attract young adults for the last few decades. Reaching this age group is a momentous task that requires changes in worship, leadership, preaching and outreach. Much of this change has been for the better – an ever fluid and...
by Leroy Seat | Sep 22, 2015 | Opinion
Most Protestants, perhaps, have not paid a lot of attention to what the pope has said and done through the years. But things have changed somewhat since Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope in February 2013. Choosing Francis as his papal name in...
by Abigail Grace Pierce | Sep 21, 2015 | Opinion
[EDITOR’S NOTE: Yesterday, Highland Hills Baptist Church in Macon, Ga., celebrated the 20 years of faithful service by children’s minister Ruth DuCharme and preschool ministry director Carol Brown. So I have invited a guest blogger, my daughter Abigail, to pay tribute...
by Dennis Bickers | Sep 21, 2015 | Opinion
I challenge the attendees of my smaller-church workshops to focus the ministries of their congregation on one or two things they can do with excellence. Many smaller churches are trying to do too many things. Often, they are still structured as they were when they...
by James Gordon | Sep 21, 2015 | Opinion
I have a very good friend who every now and again passes on his used copies of The Tablet and The Times Literary Supplement (TLS). The first is a long established Catholic weekly full of news, reflection, critique and comment on all things Catholic and many things...
