by Dennis Bickers | Sep 18, 2014 | Opinion
I receive a phone call from pastors who are concerned about the finances of their churches every few weeks. This concern is often centered on the prospect that they will be asked to become bivocational. Pastors usually have some questions about what that looks like....
by Tony W. Cartledge | Sep 17, 2014 | Opinion
Don’t you love those days when you have more stuff to do than you can shake a stick at, but not enough room to shake the stick? I’ve got writing projects galore to get on with, not to mention Nurturing Faith videos to record, but my “studio”...
by Bill Wilson | Sep 17, 2014 | Opinion
It happens nearly every day for me—the inevitable conversation about the demise of organized religious activities, specifically local church attendance and giving. The vultures are gathering to feast on the carcass of the local church. Clergy and lay leaders are...
by Jon Kuhrt | Sep 17, 2014 | Opinion
There has been huge growth in social action projects established by churches in the United Kingdom in the last 15 years. The rise of food banks has probably been the most high-profile example, but there has also been a massive increase in church-run night shelters and...
by Joe LaGuardia | Sep 16, 2014 | Opinion
Caring for others is a habit to be learned. One of the hardest classes I took in seminary was not theology, philosophy, Hebrew or Greek. It was pastoral care. The aim of pastoral care is to teach students how to listen, confront conflict, counsel and give referrals,...
by Robert Parham | Sep 16, 2014 | Opinion
The Supreme Council of the Evangelical Community in Syria and Lebanon has issued a “state of emergency,” hoping “to preserve what remains of the Christian–and moderate non-Christian–presence in the East, and to circumvent its complete...
