Christian Film Confronts Christians Addiction to Pornography
The Heart of the Matter is a film documentary offering a compassionate response to Christians addicted to pornography and sex.
The issue of pornography and its devastating impacts has certainly gained wider attention in our culture. From the pulpit to the blogosphere, we’re hearing more and more conversations about how porn harms people. But a serious Christian documentary film confronting the objectification and emotional and spiritual enslavement perpetuated by the porn industry is a fresh... Continue Reading
Tim Keller, Redeemer City to City, and the Rise Campaign
Pastor Tim Keller of Redeemer New York (PCA) has announced this week that he will be stepping down as Senior Pastor in order to dedicate his work towards church planting in New York City
“In order to grow the body of Christ in New York City from 5% to 15%, church planting is essential. We cannot reach a tipping point merely through the transfer of Christians from other churches—we must welcome and serve those who do not currently profess faith. New churches are shown to be the most effective... Continue Reading
CCCU Board Considers Membership Requirements
Task force recommends approach to differing hiring policies involving same-sex marriage
Last July, following the Supreme Court’s Obergefell decision legalizing same-sex marriage, two CCCU member schools, Eastern Mennonite University and Goshen College, announced new hiring policies to include non-celibate homosexual faculty and staff. At the end of a two-month consultation with members, the two schools voluntarily withdrew from the council in September. The board said the... Continue Reading
Dr. Donald Sweeting Called as President of Colorado Christian University
Dr. Sweeting succeeds Bill Armstrong, former U.S. Senator from Colorado; he will begin his presidency on October 1, 2016.
Prior to joining Colorado Christian University, Dr. Sweeting served as president of the Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida from 2010-2016. While at RTS, Dr. Sweeting also served as the James Woodrow Hassell Professor of Church History and regularly taught core and elective courses on church history and practical theology. The following announcement was... Continue Reading
Rural and Small Town Ministry
Rural America reflects deep spiritual problems with epidemic substance abuse, soaring suicide rates, poverty, and being largely overlooked by an urban-centered focus church ministry
Rural churches need to avoid the temptation of self-pity and self-depreciation. There is a real work and real ministry to be accomplished in small towns, and the rural church needs to see its place in the gathering and perfecting of the saints. Further, while urban-centered ministry seems to be the default position of young people,... Continue Reading
Judge Rules Mississippi Church Is Owner of Its Property
A judge has ruled that First Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) of Starkville Mississippi – not the Presbyterian Church (USA) – owns its property.
“It is undisputed that the deeds to all the property at issue have no trust provision,” wrote Davidson. “Regardless of the claim of trust, a strict reading of the recorded deeds reveal no trust provision in any other party as trustee, not is there a reverter clause contain in any of the instruments.” Davidson said... Continue Reading
What Are America’s Largest Seminaries?
Students seeking training for church ministry in the United States are largely attracted to evangelical Protestant seminaries, a trend that hasn’t changed much over the past twenty years.
Of course, we can’t ignore the significant decline in full-time enrollment among Fuller, Southwestern, Trinity Evangelical, and several others that have transpired over the course of twenty years. Explanations may vary as to the reasons. Perhaps America’s slowly-recovering economy after the 2008 recession played a role or society’s growing discomfort with Christianity and hostility towards... Continue Reading
Pastor Suspects Racial Motivations Behind Termination
"There was pushback about where the types of children we were bringing in, and I was asked to not invite black children to VBS"
Moore says anyone, regardless of race, is welcome to the church at any time. Pastor Greer says that is what he was led to believe when he first joined the church, but Greer says he was told multiple times during the course of this situation that black people were not allowed. “What they really mean... Continue Reading
Does Your Pastor Love You?
How can you tell that your pastor loves you? This could get tricky.
“To what does Jesus connect the need to feed and tend the flock? It is to be his love for Jesus. It is this love for Jesus that translates into his love for the sheep, the flock of God. According to Jesus, this love demonstrates the pastor’s love for Jesus.” How can you tell... Continue Reading
A Church of One?
The church is not supposed to conform to our own preferences and predilections, we are to conform to God’s will and Christ’s likeness.
As a chaplain in the army, when a soldier came to faith in Christ, I would tell him that being a ‘hermit Christian’ is an oxymoron. Just as a soldier finds it hard to fulfill the mission to defend one’s country ‘against all enemies, both foreign and domestic,’ single-handedly, apart from the church, a believer... Continue Reading
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