by Martin Accad | Feb 4, 2015 | Opinion
Pope Francis was recently asked about his process of reforming the Roman Curia and said that true renewal is the result “of the reform of the heart.” Three important ideas emerge from the pope’s understanding of reform and renewal: 1. Renewal is not...
by Rhonda Abbott Blevins | Feb 4, 2015 | Opinion
I heard a pastor once emphasize the need for a “theology of place.” His statement was a reaction to a discussion about Emergence Christianity, a movement within the faith with a particular aversion to buildings and real estate. Emergence Christians tend to...
by Dennis Bickers | Feb 3, 2015 | Opinion
It is becoming increasingly difficult for smaller churches to find pastors due to a growing number of retiring ministers and a shrinking number of younger ministers willing to serve smaller churches. Therefore, there are at least six realities that pastor search...
by Robert Parham | Feb 3, 2015 | Opinion
The gap between the super rich and everyone else continues to expand. “In 2014, the richest 1 percent of people in the world owned 48 percent of global wealth,” a January 2015 Oxfam report said. The remaining 52 percent was “shared between the other...
by John D. Pierce | Feb 2, 2015 | Opinion
By John Pierce Fifteen years ago (Feb. 1, 2000) I embarked on a new and different journey as executive editor of Baptists Today, an autonomous, national news journal based in Macon, Ga. It has been a demanding yet rewarding experience. At times, the challenges seemed...
by Thomas Kidd | Feb 1, 2015 | Opinion
Robert Nisbet’s classic work, “The Quest for Community,” which I read recently, is a challenging and far-sighted book that attributes much of modernity’s unease to the collapse of the mediating institutions – village, church and family – that...
