Mont. theology center has missional aim
The Yellowstone Theological Institute will be an ecumenical venture with a "Baptist ethos" at its core, organizers say.
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Recovering spiritual vitality
The greatest impediment to congregational spiritual vitality is the belief we know how to do church.
Read MoreMissional before missional was cool
Mission Arlington founder Tillie Burgin credits God with explosive growth and deep reach of the Texas ministry launched in 1986.
Read MoreMinistry gets artsy with fundraising
Touching Miami with Love auctions artwork by students and professionals to feed impoverished youth.
Read MoreA letter to the SBNR
Instead of spending so much energy trying to repackage religion for the religious “nones,” maybe churches should focus on being faithful to God.
Read MoreSmall is big for Millennials
With today’s trends toward pets you can fit into a purse and church experiences that offer more intimacy and socialization than the megachurch has traditionally provided, is it safe to ask ... is small the new big?
Read MorePastor says stats not ministry measure
Instead of waiting for peole to come to church, a Virginia congregration is taking the church to its community.
Read MoreChurch sold as members go missional
An aging congregation in the Atlanta area could not sustain its property, so now it will become a retail center.
Read MoreLatvian Baptists plant churches
Baptists in Latvia are turning to missional church-planting strategies to reach unchurched people in a highly secular culture formerly occupied and annexed by the Soviet Union.
Read More'Fresh expressions’ of church in NC
An increasingly secular culture demands more than one way of “doing” church, leaders of a missional church movement told a sell-out crowd in Greensboro, N.C.
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Commentaries
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A recipe for blended worship By Bob Burroughs
Oil and water, obviously, will never mix. I have come to the same conclusion in these recent years of music ministry: that contemporary and traditional worship never mix -- well.
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The illogical politics of abortion By Miguel De La Torre
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A modest proposal for a fractured Baptist family By Marv Knox
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Columns
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Molly T. Marshall
Re-imagining disability
A new theology of disability envisions a Body of Christ where all have a place.
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Amy Butler
Back from the bridge
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Bill Wilson
Change happens
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Bill Leonard
The freedom of Will
From Our Blog
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Are you opening — or closing — your children’s hearts?
Rabbi Rami ShapiroThere are only two ways to raise your children: you either shut them...
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Don’t Worry, Gay Scouts, Southern Baptists Still ‘Love’ You
Thomas WhitleyAt last week’s annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, messengers from SBC churches around...
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Looking for our fathers
Roger LovetteSomewhere I read of a young man who in a fit of rage...
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