Pastors / Leadership

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  12 Pastors You Need to Follow on Twitter Face-to-face pastoring is so vitally important, but the pastors we choose to follow on places like Twitter carry a pretty big weight in our lives, too.  Adam Weber Dec 11, 2020
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  7 Things Pastors Wish You Knew about the Church's Response to COVID-19 Everything came to an abrupt end.Twenty four weeks into our new church plant, we received a message from the school where we hosted our Sunday morning services, “We’re sorry but you can’t use the facility... Victoria Riollano Dec 10, 2020
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  Did Jesus Really Have Half-Siblings? The debate over Jesus having half-siblings is closely connected to the doctrine of the perpetual virginity of Mary. While great historical figures such as Augustine, Martin Luther, Ulrich Zwingli, and John... David A. Croteau Dec 07, 2020
• What Language Did Jesus Speak? There were four common languages in Israel in the first century: Aramaic, Greek, Hebrew, and Latin. The Old Testament was written primarily in Hebrew, with a small portion in Aramaic. David A. Croteau Dec 04, 2020
• 3 Reasons the 'Christmas Star' of 2020 Is Bringing So Much Hope Theologians have speculated if Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn’s alignment formed the first “Christmas star.” Considering we have two of those planets aligning now, we get to have a very real and tangible... Hope Bolinger Dec 03, 2020
• The Persecuted Church I’ve often heard Christians in the U.S. speak about being “persecuted” for their beliefs, or for being marginalized as a result of their convictions. While I believe there have been isolated cases of... Dr. James Emery White Dec 03, 2020
• What Is Toxic Purity Culture and How Can You Heal from It? Recently I wrote an essay about the damage purity culture had done in my life. As I wrote I reflected upon the innocence of my daughter, who at the age of 5 is already becoming aware of her little body.As... Rachel Baker Dec 01, 2020
• What Are the Qualifications of an Elder? What exactly is an Elder? In both 1 Timothy and Titus, the author lays out the qualifications of a church Elder. Leadership is an important role in the church body, and not something to be taken lightly. So... Clarence L. Haynes Jr. Dec 01, 2020
• How to Market Your Church Online After my last blog, which briefly mentioned the importance of marketing your online church online, the question from many was, “How do you do that?” It’s a fair question as the importance of digital... Dr. James Emery White Dec 01, 2020
• 9 Examples of Thanksgiving in the Bible With promises of really great deals on Black Friday littered between college football timeouts, the meaning of Thanksgiving sometimes gets missed. We pause to give thanks for the food, family members and... Sarah M. Wells Nov 25, 2020
• What Does Scripture Say about Giving Thanks during Pain? Can you sing in the middle of your pain? If you cannot—if everything has to be perfect before you can give thanks—let me tell you about a sweet woman in a leper hospital in the Caribbean. Joe McKeever Nov 25, 2020
• Leading Others to Faith with Gratitude Nothing tells the story about our Christian faith like our gratitude. Let us give thanks to Him, and be grateful to one another. Joe McKeever Nov 24, 2020