A pastor recently summed up his experience in 2020 with the lament, “Man, I just need a win.” He lives in a place the pandemic has ravaged and where governmental restrictions have been severe. Online church has taxed the limits of his, and his church’s, relational reserves. They have not met in...
When a group of people like a church or a ministry organization experience a shared loss they feel something called institutional grief. This can be any significant loss—like the death of a colleague, the resignation of a beloved pastor, cancellation of ministry gatherings, or any loss situation...
Dr. Timothy Tennent, President of Asbury Theological Seminary, has released a new book, For the Body. The subtitle and purpose of the book is recovering a theology of gender, sexuality, and the human body. It is a proactive statement of the biblical and theological underpinnings which support...
Southern Baptists have proven quite resilient through the pandemic. Southern Baptists have continued to financially support the ministries of their churches and, through them, the global work sustained by the Cooperative Program. Gateway has benefited from those gifts and we are grateful.
A worn out adage says, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” That saying must have been coined by a frustrated leader trying to get a fossilized organization to adopt new methods. But today, many previously set-in-their-ways churches are learning all kinds of new methods—motivated by their...
A phrase has been coined to describe the Christmas season expanding earlier and earlier into the Fall—Christmas creep. Despite the objections of a frustrated minority, advertisers, retailers, and entertainment companies are expanding Christmas in response to popular demand. Surveys show most...
Many Christians today are captivated by discussions, arguments, and speculations about concepts or conspiracies like socialism, Critical Race Theory, intersectionality, QAnon, the 1619 Project, etc. American Christians have been duped
Gospel spreading is supposed to be a viral movement. In the first century, the gospel traveled person to person as believers enthusiastically shared it with their friends and family.
Jesus went out of his way to welcome children and minister to hurting children (as well as the people who cared for them) to show an important aspect of God’s love. God loves you tenderly. He has a soft spot in his heart for you.
After writing several books for leaders, my new book Shadow Christians, is for everyday believers who work outside the spotlight. Here is an excerpt to introduce you to this exciting project.