Women in church leadership: Southern Baptists say no to women pastors. But what does the Bible say a pastor is?
The expulsion of Saddleback Church and other congregations for having women pastors has prompted questions about thousands of other churches where women serve in roles such as children’s pastor or music minister. BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports…
Sight-Seeing: Salvation for the whole of creation
NILS VON KALM says we have short-changed the Gospel…
Sight-Seeing: A controversial take – Proposing grace has a place in today’s toxic discourse
SCOT MCKNIGHT, professor of New Testament and author of ‘A Church Called Tov’, says with “rancor and snark” dominating social media, it’s time to practice grace…
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…
New eight part series on Jesus to air in US in lead-up to Easter
The story of Jesus Christ is being explored in an eight episode series airing on the US TV channel HISTORY in the lead-up to Easter. Jesus: His Life is told from the perspective of different Biblical figures, including his parents Mary and Joseph, John the Baptist, the High Priest Caiaphas, Jesus’ betrayer Judas Iscariot, Pontius Pilate, […]
Willow Creek names NAE head, three others to oversee Hybels investigation
Chicago, USRNS Jo Anne Lyon, general superintendent emerita of The Wesleyan Church, and Leith Anderson, president of the National Association of Evangelicals, will lead a new investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against Bill Hybels, the retired founding pastor of Willow Creek Community Church. Lyon and Anderson will co-chair the four-person Willow Creek Independent Advisory […]