Cracker Barrel denied a planned church event at one of its restaurants of a Tennessee pastor, who is also a former detective, after he preached that the government should execute LGBT people, the restaurant chain said Tuesday on Twitter.
15 religious leaders break down exactly why "love the sinner, hate the sin" just doesn't cut it anymore.
Are you looking for the best burger restaurant in your city? Find your nearest Umami Burger and stop in for gourmet burgers and craft beer.
There is an intensifying controversy in the church all over the world regarding the age of the earth.
What makes us happy? A United Methodist pastor and a professor agree that it is not about externals we receive or achieve, but an 'inside job.'
One of the controversial issues of our day involves sexual identity. As a pastor, and now working with pastors, I realize we don’t always know how to address the issue with truth and grace. What does that even mean as it relates to the subject? And we probably disagree on that answer too<br>I love that my friend pastor Bruce Miller has written “ Leading a Church in a Time of Sexual Questioning ”. I’ve asked Bruce to share a few thoughts on…
When I say we need pastor-theologians in the church, I mean that every pastor must conduct his ministry with an eye to declaring theological truth, diagnosing theological error, and discipling his congregation to be theologically informed and articulate.
The man turned in a visitor card. I pulled up my web browser.
The tax code allows for some strange political shenanigans.
I think the answer is that you should be a church member. But that's not even a clear word—what does "member" mean? The local church—not just the global church, but the local church—is a body. There's global membership in the body universal, and there's local membership in the body ...
As we have conversed with church members across America, we have heard ten common themes or requests they have of their pastors. None are unreasonable.
There are some good reasons to become a pastor, and there are some reasons that just aren’t enough. This is the third installment in an eight-part series called Preparing to Lead.
If you’re a pastor and a father, you already know how hard each is, and how much harder the two in tandem can be.
Many church leaders manage both local influence and a national platform. However, I do believe it is more important to consider what you do for those directly in your path, those God has placed in geographic proximity to your ministry. So, what is the difference between local influence and national prominence? Why would local influence be more essential to your church?
Leadership gurus will tell you that a primary skill of an effective leader is the ability to manage time for maximum productivity.
We are all painfully aware that there are people in the ministry who never belonged there in the first place.
I encourage you to listen to my church history podcast Triumphs and Tragedies. I'm not a historian by any stretch, and I'm afraid the podcast is more than rough around the edges. It was simply my attempt to give a quick roller coaster ride through twenty centuries of church history so that we can make better sense