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Shades Mountain Baptist Church
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Seven Reasons Why We Should Not Accept Millions of Years
There is an intensifying controversy in the church all over the world regarding the age of the earth.
What You Can Learn From Bible Study at Friendship Baptist Church
How many times do we hear instructions? Think about it; everywhere we turn in our world, we are told to drive a certain way, eat at a certain place, etc… With so many
When Is a Church Not a Church?
The tax code allows for some strange political shenanigans.
Is It Important for Me to Become a Member of My Local Church?
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 ...
Can You Remember When?
5 Questions with Darin Roark of Baptist Health
1 How long have you been working with Baptist, and when did your interest in health care begin?I have been working with Baptist Health for just over one
Where Are You Going Catholic Church?
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
Why “50 Shades” is not the same as biblical submission
I hadn’t planned on contributing anything to the 50 Shades meme that appears to be taking over the internet. In fact, I was studiously avoiding it. I changed my mind this morning after watchi…
6 things to consider if you’re asked to meet with a church official
It can be tempting to believe that all it takes to enact change is a heartfelt conversation or two with the right person.
What Makes a Church Powerful?
The church's impact in a community depends on the submission of each individual.
The evangelical church has become leaner and arguably meaner
Evangelical churches have lost many moderate members and have become more virulent without losing their power.
You won't guess how many churches are involved with this center...
Where is church in climate change talks?
If ever a time existed for the church to raise its collective voice on an issue, this is it. Shouldn’t the church stand with those who are working to reverse climate change while there may still be a little time?
Are millennials really 'not going back' to church?
I think the picture is complex, but there are signs that older millennials may in fact, contrary to the headline, be going back to religion.
How to Tell If a Small Church Is Strategic or Stuck
5 types of strategically small churches, and 4 types of stuck churches. Which one are you?
What Should You Wear To Church? A Handy Guide For Each Denomination
Whether you’re visiting your parents’ stuffy old Baptist church or piling into the family minivan because the kids are begging to ride the roller coaster at the sleek new megachurch down the street, the age-old question persists: what should you wear?Wonder no longer, good and faithful servant. We sent a team of Babylon Bee agents to over two thous …
“Does the Christian church need different denominations?”
They Tried to Start a Church Without God. For a While, It Worked.
Secular organizers started their own congregations. But to succeed, they need to do a better job of imitating religion.
Holy Land: ‘the mission of the Church is to build small connections, bridges’
"There is a Christian way of living in this country. There is a Christian way of living with this conflict. This is not the time for big gestures. The Church has to try to establish small connections and build small bridges."
How Do You Know if Your Church is Healthy?
There are healthy churches and unhealthy churches (so, so many unhealthy churches). How would you know the difference? I was asked that question recently and this is my attempt at an answer. Transcript Today I want to talk about the health of a local church. Are there ways we can know that a church is healthy or a way we can know it’s unhealthy? And this comes from a question I received from somebody who’s been watching these videos. Let …
