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The Church’s Prophetic Witness in a Post-Christian World

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Jul 31
Culture, Interviews
Obeying God Rather than Men? What’s Really a Religious Liberty Issue?
John Inazu on religious liberty and loving one other during the pandemic.

Ed Stetzer
Jul 30
Interviews
Keep Your Distance: Words of Advice for Churches from the Surgeon General
Jerome Adams, Surgeon General of the United States, offered important medical guidance for faith communities today.

Ed Stetzer
Jul 30
Leadership
3 Keys to Raising Women Leaders
We need to proactively plan to raise up women leaders, to call out their gifts, and to give them an opportunity.

Ed Stetzer
Jul 29
Culture
Churches Gather, That's Part of What They Do: Thoughts on Ecclesiology in a Pandemic
It's essential to understand the biblical call to gather if we are to rightly think through the challenges of church in the COVID-19 crisis.

Ed Stetzer and Josh Laxton

Jul 28Culture, Research
New Research: Most Churches Cautiously Holding Services Again
Churches are gathering again, but services and programs remain drastically different from the beginning of the year.

Aaron Earls
Jul 27Interviews
One-on-One with John Inazu on ‘Uncommon Ground: Living Faithfully in a World of Difference’
In a fragmented world, our faithfulness to the Gospel and to each other may be louder than our words.

Ed Stetzer
Jul 25Culture
We Can’t Roll the Dice on Religious Liberty: Nevada, the Supreme Court, and Churches
Religious liberty still matters in the midst of this pandemic.

Ed Stetzer
Jul 24Leadership
Take a Rest, Pastor! You Need It More Than You Think
The one thing we can’t shirk these days is time with God. It’s our lifeline to health and happiness and hope.

Ed Stetzer & Laurie Nichols
Jul 23Leadership
The Growth of Our Multiracial and Multiethnic Churches: An Honest Assessment
In other words, when it comes to churches being part of the solution to racial injustice instead of an ongoing problem, NPR would have us believe that the glass remains half empty.

Mark DeYmaz
Jul 23Leadership
Through the Eyes of a Woman: What I’ve Learned Over the Past 15 Years on Gender, Leadership, and the Church, Part 2
As a woman who has felt disappointment more than once in the church, my hope nevertheless remains strong.

Laurie Nichols
Jul 22Leadership
Through the Eyes of a Woman: What I’ve Learned Over the Past 15 Years on Gender, Leadership, and the Church, Part 1
Our faith leads men and women to know and grow in the knowledge of Christ.

Laurie Nichols
Jul 22Culture
Down with the PPP!
Shaming churches for taking PPP (Paycheck Protection Program) loans misses the purpose of the CARES Act.

Ed Stetzer, Laurie Nichols, and Josh Laxton
Jul 20Send Institute
Church Planting Leaders Fellowship
I can almost say for certain that, in our lifetime, there has never been a more appropriate time to think and talk about innovation in mission and church planting.

Daniel Yang
Jul 18Interviews
One-on-One with David Downing on ‘Looking for the King’
But very few twentieth-century novelists besides Lewis and Tolkien have the power to show us what good people look like--characters with integrity, compassion, courage, and a willingness to sacrifice for others.

Ed Stetzer

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Ed Stetzer
Executive Director, Wheaton College Billy Graham Center
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Global Ambassador, World Evangelical Alliance
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Executive Dir., Church Evangelism Inst., Wheaton College BGC
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Director, Send Institute
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National Director, The V3 Church Planting Movement
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