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Druski: ‘Mega Church Pastors Love Money.’ When Church Looks Like a Parody.
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (520+ words) The ‘Gift of Christmas’ at Prestonwood Baptist Church is a nearly two-hour extravaganza and one of the...So in a way, both Liston-Ziwaldi and I see a problem in our churches....Druski looks at the Black church, but he may…...
Burk Parsons and St Andrew’s Church: Shouldn’t Churches Define the Rules of the Discipline Game A Priori
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (758+ words) ” ― Barbara Brown Taylor, Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith link What they are not told is that the...over time to serve as sycophants, rubber-stamping whatever he wants because he is their powerful church...Yet many churches seem to urge…...
Life Church and the AOG: When a Church Ceases to Be a Church and Becomes a Spectator Sport And the Denomination
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (796+ words) I have been chewing on this as I view the following situation at Life Fellowship Church in McKinney,...This situation has been well outlined at the Roys Report in two articles: 1 Texas church’s elders offer...
Church Discipline: The Fatal Flaw
9+ mon, 4+ week ago (795+ words) Then, a church doyen decides, “That makes me feel bad,” and initiates the process of comeuppance on the...
Sometime Evil Demands a Response: Trinity Episcopal Church, Upperville, VA, and Anglican Watch
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (807+ words) This is an extremely well-heeled church. I will write more on this on Wednesday....I decided to take some time to recognize folks who fight against abuse in the greater Christian church...will sometimes take on abuse within the broader…...
Were the Pastors Involved in the Faith Baptist Church vs The Summit Fiasco Gulty of Pastoral Malpractice
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (433+ words) the church band....In his interactions with some church members, he appeared to be less than kind and cooperative....I have been obsessed with the following video, presented again by the Church Reform Initiative....For example, I recently spoke with…...
“My Elders Have Disagreed With Me Only Twice in 28 Year”: The Church Has a Broken Elder System.
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (652+ words) Sadly, I later saw that many other elders in churches mirrored my experience in my former SBC church....Quick digression: My years in my LCMS church have caused me to realize that the church’s reputation should...That means the…...
Is It Always Gossip or Is It Sometimes Ineffective or Deceptive Church Leadership Communication?
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (826+ words) When a mandate comes down that “gossip” is a sin, church members have a problem....Hang in there with me since I’m going to apply his points to a problem that I see in today’s churches...
Your Small but Well-Positioned Church Is Simply a Child That Needs to Be Adopted By Your New Mother,
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (1002+ words) “Healthy Small Churches have characteristics that make them work....Stankorb wrote: The SBC claims each church is autonomous...., which obviously knows how to do church....Here are the current Summit mini-churches in the Raleigh area....When one Collaborative Church…...
The Pearl Perspective’s Liz Green Majors on Church Abuse and Recovery.
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (281+ words) George MacDonald The Survey Center for American Life posted Young Women Are Leaving Church in Unprecedented...Churches need women....The waning religious involvement among young women represents a unique challenge to churches and congregations...At least she knows enough about…...