The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is among 92 organizations receiving new grants from the Lilly Endowment to strengthen Christian congregations and “help people deepen their relationships with God, build strong relationships with each other and contribute to the flourishing of local…
Program connects rural pastors for fellowship and education
A group of rural ministers is nearing completion of a fellowship designed to widen their perspectives on faith, church and their own ministries. “It caused me to take a hard look at myself,” Leonard Edloe said of the Fellowship for…
Campbell institute helps youth try on vocation as ministry
At 18, Jillian Brookshire already knows she wants to pursue a career in law, maybe even politics. What the Raleigh, N.C., resident didn’t know until more recently is that her professional interests may also represent a calling on her life….
Woman minister #NotGoingHome after being called by God
“Your calling is so personal. Your calling is between you and God. It becomes who you are. For those of us in ministry a long time it’s completely intertwined with our being.”
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Central Seminary receives $1 million for new mentoring initiative
It is one of nearly $70 million in grants to 78 organizations across the United States recently announced as part of Lilly’s Thriving in Ministry initiative to help clergy thrive as pastoral leaders so they can lead the congregations they serve more effectively.
Youth studying theology? Lilly Endowment-funded programs hope to pull it off
Getting high school students interested in theology sounds like a pretty tall order. In the age of “nones” and “dones” and continuing declines in religious adherence, younger generations have been identified with a less-is-more attitude toward faith. But that assumption…
Providing ‘a hand up’ to ministers struggling with credit card, student loan debt
Mental health, congregational politics and the decline of the American church get much of the blame for minister burnout. But consultant Bo Prosser says all of those factors take a back seat to the financial struggles of pastoral leaders.
Thinking of church membership in new ways, thanks to ‘cyber hospitality’
The way Susan Sparks sees it, congregations are missing a huge opportunity to share the gospel by not livestreaming their worship services. “We represent a messiah who used every available opportunity he had to reach out,” said Sparks, pastor at…