Christian Ministry

The Beast of Mental Illness

Tara Woodard-Lehman | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Musical, Art, Christian Ministry, Mental Health, Musical Theater, Arts, Musicals, Music, Culture News
Tara Woodard-Lehman

A few months ago musician Phill Eason asked me to make a prop for a musical. But this was not your average musical. In part, because it used cosmic, apocalyptic images from scripture. In part, because it was set in a modern-day mental-health ward.

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Nonprofits: Are You Just Asking for Money, or Sharing a Vision?

Phil Cooke, Ph.D. | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Social Causes, Nonprofit, Christian Ministry, Social Change, Fundraising, Finances, Impact News
Phil Cooke, Ph.D.

Look at your media presentations, videos, live events, print materials, and in-person contacts. What do they say? What story are they telling?

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From Lady Gaga To Rev. Gaga?

Christian Piatt | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Universal Life Church, Christian Ministry, Gay Rights, New York Gay Marriage, LGBT Rights, Lady GaGa, Christianity, Christian, Gay Marriage, Lady Gaga Minister, Lady Gaga Gay Marriage, Lady Gaga Ordination, Religion News
Christian Piatt

Pop phenom Lada Gaga recently announced her plans to seek ministerial ordination so that she may marry her long-time friends, both of whom are women. The news stirred conflicting feelings for me.

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Christian Ministry Builds Bikes, Children's Hopes

Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: Children's Ministry, Christian Ministry, Bicycle Repair, Bicycles, Bike Shop Ministry, Christianity, Bike Repair Ministry, Motion Initiative, Religion News

By Morgan Jarema Religion News Service GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (RNS) The doors of The Motion Initiative have just opened along a stretch of industrial...

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Pastoral Transitions In A Social Media World

Bruce Reyes-Chow | Posted 06.01.2011

Read More: Social Media, Leadership, Christian Ministry, Twitter, Social Networking, Facebook, Presbyterian Church, Pastors, Transitions, Christianity, Religion News
Bruce Reyes-Chow

May 31, 2011 marked my final day as the pastor of Mission Bay Community Church and this post will be the last time, for a while, that I'll focus on my...

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Are Short-Term Mission Trips Worth It?

Dennis J. Horton, Ph.D. | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Christianity, Short-Term Missionary Trips, Missiology, Christian Mission, Christian Missionaries, Christian Ministry, Short Term Christian Mission, Teachings of Jesus, Baylor Christian Mission Study, Baylor University, Spreading the Gospel, Religion News
Dennis J. Horton, Ph.D.

Some who have studied the issue say the money might be better spent giving directly to a country's Christian partners to spread the Gospel, or to offer medical aid or construction assistance.

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Church In A Bar: Why Even The Darkest Spaces Can Be Sacred

Pastor Neil Christopher | Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: Christianity, Christian Ministry, What Is Sacred, What Is God, Church in a Bar, Roman Catholic Catechism, Sacred Spaces, Bar Church, What Is Holy, Fort Worth Bar Church, Kyrie, Religion News
Pastor Neil Christopher

When I announced that I was going to create a church in a blues bar in the heart of downtown Fort Worth, Texas, I obviously received some mixed feedback.

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Who Can Lead The Local Church?

Brady Boyd | Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: Christianity, Apostle Paul, Christian Leadership, Church Leadership, 1 Timothy, Teachings of Jesus, What Is a Pastor, Christian Ministry, Religion News
Brady Boyd

What qualifies someone to be a leader in the church? Can someone just announce to the rest of us that "God called me" or "God spoke to me"?

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How Pastors Fail

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christianity, J.R. Briggs, Christian Ministry, Christian Leadership, How Pastors Fail, Epic Fail Pastors Conference, Religion News

By Bob Smietana Religion News Service (RNS) Sometimes being a pastor is a real pain. But few pastors want to admit it. J.R. Briggs in trying ...

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Gunman Opens Fire In Christian Youth Center, Wounds At Least 4

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christian Ministry, Gunman Shooting Youth Christian Ministry, Youth With a Mission, Colorado, Denver, Home News

A gunman walked into a training center for young Christian missionaries in a Denver suburb early Sunday and opened fire, wounding at least four people...

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