Healthy Pastors Leading Health Churches
Embedded media from Saddleback Media Center At Saddleback orphan care is one of our signature issues. We have a goal of 1,000 families from our church adopting orphans – 500 from overseas and 500 from the United States. We’re already halfway to this goal! Some of those Saddleback families have even adopted two or three kids. You … [Read more...]
Is your church defined more by its reaction to “boring” churches than by its response to a needy world? I had to sympathize with rock singer Bono when he discovered he was uncool. Uncool? The frontman for supergroup U2, one of the biggest bands in the world? The activist who travels the globe and meets with kings and presidents? … [Read more...]
"Artie, where do find such great staff?" I was asked that question by a group of pastors several weeks ago. I told them we hire felons, Millennials (20 somethings) and the people no one else would hire. We firmly believe God uses the healed to bring healing. Our middle school director and her husband (both felons & married … [Read more...]
I was recently struck when reading the obituary of James S. Herr. Herr was the man behind Herr’s Potato Chips, a company that he founded in 1966. Having sampled more than a few of his products through the years, the Herr name caught my eye. But what really struck me was how he was described in the obituary: Mr. Herr’s death at his … [Read more...]
Nearly eight in 10 Protestant pastors strongly disagree that eternal life can be obtained through religions other than Christianity, according to a survey by LifeWay Research. The survey of 1,000 Protestant pastors asked respondents for their reaction to the statement, "If a person is sincerely seeking God, he/she can obtain eternal … [Read more...]
By Christina Darnell/WorldonCampus.com When Alex Eklund updated his Facebook status on Nov. 30, he had no idea it would make him a social media star. Eklund was studying in the Baylor University library when he noticed a theme among his friends' status updates. During the airing of the annual Victoria's Secret fashion show on CBS, … [Read more...]
A missionary with years of experience in the Muslim world was visiting back home in the United States when he struck up a friendly conversation with an immigrant shop owner. "I said, 'Thanks for coming to America,'" the missionary recalls. The shop owner was moved almost to tears. "He put his arms around me and said, 'You're the first … [Read more...]
An Interview with Dr. Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Church, Dallas and author of ‘Twilight’s Last Gleaming’ Q: Your latest book is “Twilight’s Last Gleaming: How America’s Last Days Can Be Your Best Days.” Explain what you mean by “America’s last days.” I want to help people realize that, ultimately, we … [Read more...]
By Carolyn Nichols/Florida Baptist Witness A central Florida church has expanded its thrift store to an empty downtown building to better offset costs entailed in its ministry to needy people. "Some good things come from an economic downturn, and this is one of them," executive pastor Art Ayris said. For several years, First … [Read more...]
By Guest Contributor Chuck Fuller Just six years after its advent, Twitter boasts around 500 million users and has been recognized by MLA as a citable source in academic papers. With no "friendships" to maintain, Twitter offers the ultimate in low-maintenance networking. Any user may follow or unfollow any other user. With … [Read more...]
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