One way of overcoming the scandal is to start a church library that not only caters to children and popular Christian materials, but also to books and resources that encourage Christian intellectual engagement.  Why not start the kind of library that Ron Maness had built at Community Bible Chapel in Richardson, Texas?   God calls... Continue Reading

Its true that, because of the varying gifts in the body of Christ, some missionaries will add more mercy and compassion components to their ministry than others:  believers have different gifts.  That is not my concern.  My concern is that we are allowing corporate social action missions—something we see no example of in the NT—to... Continue Reading

Visiting your congregation does not hinder evangelism, it enables evangelism.  A pastor is required to feed the sheep so that they can be equipped for works of service including evangelism.  The best evangelism is church based.  That means the people of God living out their lives for God in the community and pointing people to... Continue Reading

Lott was pulling up floor boards in her flooded business in Springfield, La., when she prayed to God for help: “Right then, three people from church showed up. What would have taken me three hours to do, we knocked out in 30 minutes.” Compared to previous disasters, relief workers told me they have seen a... Continue Reading

According to this ruling one has to wonder if a pastor in the PCA would be liable if he reveals an unrepentant attraction to have sex with little children or an attraction to have sex with the wives of other men, as long as they don’t touch. Are such things now permissible in the PCA?... Continue Reading

“Several African national churches, known as provinces, have stated that they will not accept financial support from the Episcopal Church, most recently citing decisions by its bishops and General Convention to redefine core doctrine on Christian marriage.”   A top official in the worldwide Anglican Communion made news last week warning a gathering of African... Continue Reading

“Church leaders are not called to stand above a conglomeration of individuals as if the purpose of these people is to fulfill our vision. God calls us to serve as shepherds in the midst of a flock that has been wholly devoted to his purposes.”   In 1932, the University of Southern California started stenciling... Continue Reading

Mark Yarbrough, DTS’ vice president for academic affairs, told The Christian Post that the decision to work with MinistrySafe came following a presentation that the group gave at the seminary. “Listening to their statistics and stories, I realized how big a problem abuse can be and that there are procedures that churches and ministries need... Continue Reading

One major impetus for World Vision’s shift away from evangelicalism, according to Van Zile, was an early agreement the evangelical relief group made with pre-existing Christian charities in Europe. World Vision promised it would not intentionally solicit their donors. “So in order to do that, [World Vision] had to sort of go outside of the... Continue Reading

Dear Covenant Seminary Alumni, The following statement about our recently renamed Missional Theology Department will be going out to various public channels over the next few days, but we wanted to you to be among the first to see it. The statement provides a biblical rationale for the change and situates it within the larger framework... Continue Reading