Pastors who affirm traditional biblical views on sexuality are under attack in California. The state Senate recently passed a resolution telling Christian clergy to accept and support LGBTQ ideology, even if doing ...
Read More »Orange Tour stop in KC will encourage church leaders, volunteers and parents
A national one-day training event for church leaders, volunteers, and parents makes a stop in Kansas City in October. The Orange Tour outlines a comprehensive strategy from preschool to adulthood for influencing the faith ...
Read More »Recent suicide is reminder of stresses that pastors face
Pastors are only human. It’s easy to forget that spiritual leaders face the same stresses and challenges as the members of their congregations. Dealing daily with the struggles of others often exacerbates ...
Read More »Pastors sell church, buy million dollar mansion for themselves
A husband and wife team of pastors from Eden Prairie, Minnesota, are now facing tough questions after selling their longtime church to developers then splurging on a million dollar luxury lakefront mansion ...
Read More »Fulani terrorists targeting Nigerian clergy
Christian church leaders continue to be targeted in Nigeria with reports of more kidnappings and murder by Fulani terrorists. The latest is a priest who narrowly escaped a murder attempt two weeks ...
Read More »Cuba ramps up crackdown on evangelical pastors
Authorities in Cuba on Sunday (July 14) refused to allow the national presidents of two Christian denominations to board their flight to Washington, D.C., for a religious freedom event, sources said, according ...
Read More »Polling finds half of pastors afraid to speak on moral issues
Half of all pastors are afraid to speak out on moral issue for fear of offending a church member according to recent polling. The research, from the well respected Barna Group, finds that ...
Read More »Half of pastors are worried about offending someone if they speak out on social issues
Pastors are pressured from all sides to speak out on hot button issues, but struggle with just how to address those topics, such as LGBT issues and same-sex marriage. In a new ...
Read More »Pastors called out for wearing $4000 sneakers
Across the nation some pastors are wearing sneakers costing in excess of $4000. Now, a sharp-eyed Instagram user has spotted them and launched a new account questioning the wisdom of flashing wealth. ...
Read More »The Church is divided – is there hope?
I have a fellow minister friend who has an effective and growing ministry to teens and college students. One of his challenges to them is to stop yelling at each other on ...
Read More »Megachurch pastor resigns, criticizes multi-campus church model
After nearly 40 years at the helm of the Forest Hill Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, which he built from a 180-member congregation into a 4,000-member, six-campus ministry, Pastor David Chadwick has resigned. More ...
Read More »Texas city ordinance would restrict who churches hire
Churches in Austin, Texas may soon be forced to hire staff and pastors that do not agree with central Biblical teachings on marriage and homosexuality if a city ordinance is implemented. The city says ...
Read More »C5Alive invites all Topeka area pastors to appreciation luncheon
The annual C5Alive “Pastors Appreciation Luncheon” will be held Oct. 11 at Great Overland Station, and the featured speaker will be Jimmy Dodd, CEO and founder of PastorServe. Members and guests are ...
Read More »Chicago Christians pray and work to stop violence
Pastors in Chicago are desperate for God to intervene in the city’s exploding murder rate. As a result, 40 days of outreach called “Jesus Summer” kicked off in Chicago recently. The ministry ...
Read More »Twenty Nazarene pastors and wives killed in plane crash
Christians in Eastern Cuba are mourning the loss of almost every Nazarene church pastor in their region after a passenger plane crashed Friday outside Havana, killing more than 100 people. The dead ...
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