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Interview: Rethinking Apologetics for the Black Church
“Black people in the inner city need apologetics, but black people in the suburbs do, too,” says apologist Lisa Fields.
When Lisa Fields started college, she was a preacher’s kid who’d grown up inside of the church and never encountered opposition to her faith. That changed in...
December 31, 1969
Turkey Keeps American Pastor Behind Bars—At Least for Three More Months
Andrew Brunson has spent most of the last two years in prison based on wild—or absent—accusations.
After nearly two years in a Turkish prison, hopes for the release of American pastor Andrew Brunson have been deferred. A Turkish court ordered 50-year-old pastor to remain bars until...
December 31, 1969
The Gospel in Suburbia: Living on Mission in a “Soul-less” Place
The deep power of the hope of Jesus Christ can overcome any amount of separation, not matter how soul-less we may feel our communities to be.
When you hear the word “suburbia,” what’s your first thought?
Quiet, tree-lined streets? Isolation and a lack of connectivity?...
December 31, 1969
Unfriending Convenience
Why Christians are called to inefficiency in an age of easy living.
It was about two years after I signed up for Facebook when I noticed how lackadaisical I had become in my relationships.
We’d moved across the country, from Vancouver to Toronto, the year before. It took just one...
December 31, 1969
Love Thy Neighbor as Mister Rogers Did
A new documentary shows how a gentle Presbyterian minister turned TV inside out.
Morgan Neville’s new documentary about Fred Rogers, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, reminds us that the television icon was an ordained minister ... and then shows us protesters at his funeral predicting his...
December 31, 1969
Bavaria Requires Crosses on All Public Buildings. Church Leaders Disagree.
German Christians debate whether conservative state’s new law honors or hijacks the core symbol of their faith.
“A clearly visible cross must be placed in the entrance area of every service building to serve as a reminder of the historical and cultural influence of Bavaria.”
So...
December 31, 1969
Sex Offenders Groom Churches Too
How predatory behavior goes undetected in congregations.
A man who had long sexually abused children sat in front of his pastor, wanting to confess his crimes. He began cautiously, mentioning that there had been accusations against him. He got no further, as his minister broke in, “Well,...
December 31, 1969
A New Equation for Collaboration in Mission
The Great Commission plus the Great Commandment added to a Great Commitment, multiplied by Great Collaborations results in Great Communities
The 21st-century church is struggling because we refuse (or even resist) to recognize that the enculturated presuppositions which have birthed our visions...
December 31, 1969
Patterson Withdraws from SBC Annual Meeting
Decision will avoid a distracting showdown on first day of Southern Baptist delegates’ Dallas gathering.
Paige Patterson will no longer preach an honorary sermon at the annual meeting of America’s largest Protestant denomination this month.
The figurehead of the Southern Baptist...
December 31, 1969
The Case for Electing Beth Moore as President of the Southern Baptist Convention
Despite two strong candidates, if ever there were a time for a woman at the helm of the SBC, it’d be now.
When Trayvon Martin was shot and killed because he simply looked “suspicious,” initiated by the fact that Zimmerman viewed him as “suspicious” and chose to pursue...
December 31, 1969
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