How much ‘confidential’ church information do you share with you spouse? You know… board meeting stuff… who says what… who you’re counseling and what the issues are. Do you share stuff like that with your wife or not? It seems that most of the time, there are two different types of people… those that share everything, and those that share nothing. I’m one of the ‘I share almost everything’ types of guys.  My wife is my confidant.  She encourages me, and she talks me off the cliff at times. But I couldn’t keep a sane head if I...

What do you do when you do all the due diligence  when you run the background checks, and you place your trust in someone (a 71 year-old man in this instance). At least you can tell your people that you did the due diligence… but this has to be extremely horrible to deal with: From WSPA.com: A volunteer with a Spartanburg County church has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a young girl who he befriended, authorities say. Now that church will add more security. Lieutenant Tony Ivey of the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s office said that 71-year-old William Clifford...

Come on women… get with the program. Pat Robertson gives advice from his 58 years of marriage.  He knows what he’s talking about. Somehow I think his co-host doesn’t agree. Oh my. Don’t you wish you owned your own Christian television network so you could say wacky...

Joseph Wared, the director of Believe Out Loud has an op-ed piece in today’s Advocate. Wared writes: I have no doubt that there are conservative Christian leaders who provide extraordinary ministry in the social justice arenas of their choosing. Reverend Giglio’s commendable work to combat human trafficking was the rationale for his selection. But our culture is shifting, and when it comes to LGBT equality, Americans expect more from our churches. The U.S. Episcopal Church, Metropolitan Community Churches, and the United Church of Christ are just a few of the denominations that are meeting this...

Pastor Ed Young has started a new sermon series this year called “What Would Jesus Say to…” Here’s part of the press release: Beginning January 5 and 6, Pastor Ed Young of the multi-state Fellowship Church will begin a new series entitled, “What Would Jesus Say To…” In this new series, Ed Young will take an in-depth look at some conversations Jesus would have if he sat down one-on-one with celebrities like Kim Kardashian, LeBron James, Ellen DeGeneres and more. While Pastor Ed Young recognizes that it may seem presumptuous to claim to know what Jesus’...

Church staff are the front line of church leadership. Every church needs to hire well. Many churches don’t. In fact, many churches make the same mistakes over and over. TJ Addington makes some great suggestions on things that churches should consider before they hire their next staff person.  TJ writes: One of the top leadership tasks is to hire well. Every hire impacts the entire organization in a ripple fashion. Hire well and the organization becomes healthier and more effective. Hire poorly and the organization suffers. I am a fan of the concept, “hire slow, fire fast.” Being slow...

Millennial Worshipers may be few and far between these days… but they’re passionate! From a USA TODAY article: Ed Stetzer, president of LifeWay Research, a Nashville-based Christian research agency, analyzed Protestant trends from 1972 to 2010 in data collected by the General Social Survey, a biannual survey from the National Opinion Research Center. When he looked at young adults ages 23 to 35 — an age group that is often away from their parents’ influence and the cocoon of college — he found that during those 38 years: – Mainline Protestant numbers dove from 24% to...

Bryan Fischer from the American Family Association and Renew America has published an open letter to Louie Giglio essentially telling him he has been fuzzy on his current view of homosexuality.  I publish it hear in its entirity since it was a public letter.  I’d love to hear your comments.  I have some… but I’d love to hear yours.  :) Here’s the letter: Dear Pastor Giglio, As a former pastor, I have admired your work for many years. Your winsomeness and appealing demeanor have made you a very effective communicator of the unchanging truth of the gospel. I applaud you...

A new piece over at the CNN BeliefBlog tells a story of disconnect. What they’re saying is this:  most religious groups are against abortion, but don’t necessarily want to overturn Roe v. Wade: Here are some stats.  See what you think: 53% of while evangelicals favor completely overturning Roe v. Wade. That’s evangelicals.  But now look at these: 76% of white protestants 65% of black Protestants 64% of white Catholics say the ruling should NOT be overturned. But when asked if abortion is morally wrong: 73% of white evangelicals said yes 58% of  black Protestants said yes 58% of...

A Colorado pastor is causing a national stir equating homosexuals to cannibals, child molesters, rapists, and murderers. Pastor David Beuhner of Christ the King Church is calling for discrimination against the gay community as state lawmakers revisit marriage equality this...