Ministry is not easy. It can discourage and distract. At times, it’s uncomfortable, precarious, and lonely. For most pastors, it requires years of labor in obscurity, shepherding small congregations and having no platform for broader influence. With all the challenges of ministry, why would anyone want the job? Why is pastoral ministry worth it? Pastors … More The Glory of the Church
Recently in the Atlantic, Peter Wehner argued that the evangelical church is breaking apart. He references the politicization of Covid, the challenge of two contentious elections, and the fact that America is in a bitter partisan divide. Additionally, in June, Mere Orthodoxy columnist Michael Graham suggested that evangelicalism in America is undergoing a “Six-way fracturing.” READ MORE > … More The Evangelical Fracture
Posted by Todd Linn, PhD on November 19, 2021 Most pastors consider weekly preaching {and teaching1} to be their greatest ministry responsibility. For this reason, many pastors are reluctant to miss a preaching opportunity and, when absent, rely only upon pastor friends or other outside speakers. To be sure, members rightly expect their pastors to be in the pulpit … More 5 Reasons Pastors Should Give Preaching Opportunities To Others In The Church
by Tom Hicks What is it that makes a “Reformed Baptist” distinct from other kinds of Baptists and Reformed folks? Reformed Baptists grew out of the English Reformation, emerging from Independent paedobaptist churches in the 1640’s for some very specific theological reasons, and they held to a particular kind of theology. Here are some of the theological identity … More What is a Reformed Baptist?
This article is part of the Questions and Answers series. Q: What are the necessary elements of a church? A: To qualify as a church, three “marks” must be present: the preaching of the word of God, the administration of the ordinances, and the ministerial care and oversight of the church, or church discipline. These three marks—Scripture, … More 5 Questions about the Local Church
Biblical or Spiritual discernment demands a response to this article. Let me be plain, this woman is not a CHRISTIAN and unqualified to PASTOR a church. Being a “Christian” in the most simplistic of terms means to be a follower of Christ. Yes there is much more to it than that but for the sake … More Christian Pastor: It’s Okay to Kill Babies in Abortion Because Women’s Bodies “are Sacred”
There is some really good stuff here. Three takeaways I really liked were 1) Second — and more importantly — good speaking doesn’t spiritually transform lives. God does. And he does it through the faithful preaching of his Word 2) God. He is the center of our Sunday music. 3) Maybe it’s just me, but … More Give Them God: What the Church Really Has to Offer
One would think there is a simple, BIBLICAL, answer to this, but alas modernism and emotionalism have overtaken many once committed conservative denominations. This week, North America’s oldest denomination will confront its gridlock over LGBTQ ordination and same-sex marriage. Votes cast in Tucson, Arizona, at the Reformed Church in America’s General Synod—delayed 16 months due … More The Reformed Church in America Faces Rupture over LGBTQ Gridlock
By REFORMATION CHARLOTTE -SEPTEMBER 28, 2021 Everyone has their favorite celebrities. They may be sports players or musicians — and many have their favorite celebrity Christian preachers. But are those really famous celebrity pastors and preachers who claim to be born again really saved?[…] SOURCE: Are Your Favorite Celebrity Pastors Really Saved?
They can call themselves ‘Pro-abortion churches‘ or ‘Reproductive freedom congregations’, whatever the case they are completely unbiblical and do not represent the God of the Bible. God hates those who take life [and those sin by advocating for it] and all but the most determined fool/liar agree there is life in the womb. A growing … More Pro-abortion churches? ‘Reproductive freedom congregations’ attack new Texas law protecting the unborn
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