Southern Californian church Saddleback ordains three women, leading to another Mother’s Day dust-up over women pastors
RNS Saddleback Church, one of the largest churches in the Southern Baptist Convention and home to influential pastor Rick Warren, ordained three women as staff pastors this past weekend, a move that critics say violates the denomination’s statement of faith. “Yesterday was a historic night for Saddleback Church in many ways!” the Southern California megachurch’s […]
Sermon preparation: Why some preachers rely on holy ghostwriters and other pulpit helps
“Cheating” or much-needed help for busy pastors? BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, explores the use by some churches of sermon ghost writers…
SIGHT-SEEING: IT’S GOOD FOR GIRLS TO HAVE CLERGYWOMEN, STUDY SHOWS
In an article first published on Religion News Service, BENJAMIN KNOLL and CAMMIE JO BOLIN, authors of the new book, ‘She Preached the Word: Women’s Ordination in Modern America’, reflect on why its important girls see women in the pulpit…
ESSAY: WHY AMERICANS HAVE LONG BEEN FASCINATED BY GUNFIGHTING PREACHERS
In an article first published on The Conversation, STEVE PINKERTON, a lecturer in English at Case Western Reserve University in the US, looks at the fascination with pastors bearing firearms…
CASTING THE NET: CHRISTIAN QUOTES
DAVID ADAMS finds a website worth quoting…