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Image: Creative CommonsTribalism Outside the Church. And In.
The Moral of Moral Failings of Christian Leaders
The past few months (and if we are honest, the past few years) have been hard for Christians, and evangelicals in particular. I’ve felt it myself as I’ve had to deal with some good friends confess to failures, and the aftermath that has occurred in their wake.
It’s ...
One-on-One with Brian Stiller on “From Jerusalem to Timbuktu”
Ed: What led you to write From Jerusalem to Timbuktu?
Brian: North America media promotes the perception that the church is slowly dying. But in my travels, I see amazing communities of faith. In Latin America in 1900, there were 50,000 evangelicals. Today, there are over 100 ...
The Church and Mental Health: What Do the Numbers Tell Us?
Most of us know someone who is in counseling, on medication, or has even taken his or her own life as a result of a mental illness. There are many difficult issues for Christians to talk about, and mental health would certainly be near the top of that list.
Yet, this is a conversation ...
One-on-One with Jamie Aten on the Disaster Ministry Conference
Ed: What’s can attendees expect from HDI’s Disaster Ministry Conference?
Jamie: The Disaster Ministry Conference will equip church and lay leaders to prepare and care for small localized crises to large national events. When most people hear the word “disaster” ...
Bob Buford, Founder of Leadership Network and Halftime, Has Died: He Was a Catalyst that Fostered a Movement
The Church Growth Movement began to lose its mojo. That's not exactly a scholarly word, but you get the point. After a promising start, it began to decline in the 1980s.
In 1956, Donald McGavran published a book entitled The Bridges of God. It looked at the strategies that ...
Creepy Chick-fil-A and New York(er) Values: The Shock (and Slander) are Getting Old
Just a few days ago, an article was published in The New Yorker discussing the “infiltration” of a certain fast food brand throughout Manhattan: Chick-fil-A.
The headline says they are creepy, but probably not in the way that some people talk about, say immigrant ...
