Researchers found no consensus
among evangelical pastors about which characteristic matters most when choosing a candidate.
According to the article «Why Pastors Are Talking About Scandal», the ABC drama (its season finale airs tonight) is all the rage
among evangelical pastors.
Not exact matches
Maybe these things are common knowledge
among those in
Evangelical circles, but for many like me on the outside, when we see a certain
pastor or denomination singled out in this way, it looks a lot like the same internal striving that's been going on in the Church since Peter and Paul argued over circumcision.
Time and again, the assumption
among Christian leaders, and
evangelical leaders in particular, is that the key to drawing twenty - somethings back to church is simply to make a few style updates - edgier music, more casual services, a coffee shop in the fellowship hall, a
pastor who wears skinny jeans, an updated Web site that includes online giving.
Time and again, the assumption
among Christian leaders, and
evangelical leaders in particular, is that the key to drawing twenty - somethings back to church is simply to make a few style updates — edgier music, more casual services, a coffee shop in the fellowship hall, a
pastor who wears skinny jeans, an updated Web site that includes online giving.
It is projecting an Urbana - style convention on
evangelical social witness, annual conferences for
pastors to explore avenues for the involvement of congregations in community justice issues, and the formation of vocational task forces
among evangelicals in politics, business and other callings, through which the shape of American political and business life might be altered to promote Christian values.
A new survey from LifeWay Research (full release here) has found that 57 % of Protestant
pastors plan to vote for Governor Romney compared with 17 % for President Obama (and it's higher
among evangelicals).
Now, I completely agree that
among evangelical writers,
pastors, and speakers, the «emerging church» as a cohesive movement is clearly a thing of the past.
Recent surveys have found that Trump is a «huge loser»
among Protestant
pastors, and that
evangelical leaders are solidly split on presidential picks.
And according to a recent report by a special task force of
pastors, the baptism drought in America's largest
evangelical denomination — which counts 15.7 million members and 5.8 million Sunday worshipers — is worst
among millennials.
Among people lauding the TNIV New Testament in press releases were popular
evangelical author Philip Yancey,
Pastor Ted Haggard of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, and Adam Hamilton, senior pastor of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas, one of the fastest growing congregations in the denomin
Pastor Ted Haggard of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, and Adam Hamilton, senior
pastor of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas, one of the fastest growing congregations in the denomin
pastor of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas, one of the fastest growing congregations in the denomination.
A former
pastor who saw his own life turn upside down, Palmer took a roller coaster ride from driven
evangelical pastor to discount store clerk (
among other jobs), a process that might seem disastrous in our success - driven...