This is the sixth of a multi-part series on racial integration in the church. For the previous one, click here. Politics get in the way of racial integration more often than white evangelicals are willing to admit.Oftentimes, black people feel like whites are insensitive to the privileged position that they enjoy … Read More »
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In recent years, the subject of altar calls has been sometimes hotly debated among Southern Baptists. If you don’t know the term, altar calls are a form of public invitation wherein attendees are urged to walk to the front of a worship center or other gathering place to discuss spiritual … Read More »
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Recently, I was accused of “treason” in an online comment by an employee of a Cooperative Program-supported college in Georgia. My crime? I’m general editor of The Gospel Project, a curriculum that quotes Wesleyans, Anglicans, and Presbyterians. Apparently, in this person’s mind, quoting people from other denominations is sufficient evidence to … Read More »
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This is the fifth of a multi-part series on racial integration. For the previous post, click here. The best of intentions cannot, by themselves, achieve the goal of racial integration in our churches. There remain significant obstacles, and while I believe that we can overcome these obstacles, the first step … Read More »
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Several summers ago, I was serving as the youth minister in a little country church. Our small youth group had piled into a fifteen-passenger van and were on our way to church camp. I was driving the van while one of our adult volunteers, a middle-aged woman, was riding shotgun. … Read More »
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During the Reformation era, different Christian groups were wrestling with the best way to think about the biblical covenants and their relationship to ecclesiology. Though there was some diversity early on, as a general rule Reformed thinkers argued that all of the biblical covenants were historical administrations of a single … Read More »
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If evangelism is not something that we do well as a church, everything else that we do will be sterile. To that end, during my church’s last all-staff meeting, we discussed what hindrances were getting in the way of evangelism at our church, and how we could grow in those … Read More »
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We want to tell you about an upcoming event we’re excited to be a part of. On March 19-21, pastors and leaders from around the country will gather in Raleigh-Durham, NC, for ADVANCE13: Building a Faithful and Effective Church. Speakers include John Piper, Matt Chandler, Bryan Loritts, Larry Osborne and … Read More »
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The following post was written by John Hammett. Dr. Hammett serves as Associate Dean of Theological Studies and Professor of Systematic Theology at Southeastern Seminary. This post is adapted from a recent talk that he gave to undergraduates in the Religion Department at Charleston Southern University. While at Charleston Southern, … Read More »
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For many people, the most frightening part of evangelism is just getting into the conversation. Even as a full-time pastor, this is one of the areas that I find challenging as well. Sure, if someone came up to us, fell on their knees, and cried out, “What must I do to … Read More »
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