By Kris Aaron That groan you hear comes from millions of students and their teachers as summer comes to a close and a new school year begins. As final preparations for the new school year are made, students make sure…
Does your church need Millennials?
By Emily Hull McGee National news media outlets have been peppered recently with reports and opinions on the churchgoing habits of Millennials. Bloggers have rightly identified why this 18- to 35-year-old demographic is leaving churches of all stripes, citing a…
Does your church need Millennials?
By Emily Hull McGee National news media outlets have been peppered recently with reports and opinions on the churchgoing habits of Millennials. Bloggers have rightly identified why this 18-35 year-old demographic is leaving churches of all stripes, citing a need…
Making dreams come true
By Andrew Manis Some years ago, when I taught at Averett College in Danville, Va., my friend Thurman Echols, pastor of the Moral Hill Missionary Baptist Church in Martinsville, often came to speak on the civil rights movement to my American…
Goodbye, unfriend?
By Mary Miller About a year ago I resigned the pastorate of a church where I had served for 13 years. As I prepared to resign, I faced the usual list of not-so-pleasant tasks: compose a resignation letter, figure out…
Suffer little children
By Miguel De La Torre Wouldn’t you do anything for your children? Your grandchildren? Is not their wellbeing important to you? To our culture? To our society? And yet, political policies advocated by some within the Christian community are damning…
Sharpen the axe
By Ircel Harrison Abraham Lincoln is reported to have said: “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” This approach to preparation was popularized by Stephen Covey in his…
See where it takes you
By Jerrod Hugenot Over the years, I have heard the persistent worry of the sinking of the American Baptist Churches USA and its other mainline Protestant counterparts. Since the mid-1960s, “decline” has been shaping the narrative we tell ourselves and…
See where it takes you
By Jerrod Hugenot Over the years, I have heard the persistent worry of the sinking of the American Baptist Churches USA and its other mainline Protestant counterparts. Since the mid-1960s, “decline” has been shaping the narrative we tell ourselves and…