“Many churches are also starting to conduct searches in a more covert manner, not using public listing services or job boards,” Eubanks said. “In other words, they are employing a ‘network’ approach to the search process, too.” Kelly Kurth, a 2010 Master of Divinity graduate from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, wants to pastor.... Continue Reading

What principles should govern the way pastors communicate with their sessions about potential changes, thus avoiding unnecessary secrecy or eroding confidence that a man is committed to his call? I was asked to speak recently at our presbytery meeting on the subject, Leaving a Call Well. Are you wondering why such a thing should be... Continue Reading

In 2009, gifts to religious institutions were first on the spending list of the “general population” members, and fourth on the spending list of “high net worth” individuals, after “basic needs,” education and arts, according to the same study. Dr. Patrick Rooney, executive director of the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, sorted through the... Continue Reading

When Beaudine found Coach Art Briles, formerly of Houston, in 2008, it was the final piece of the awakening. With deep roots in Texas high school football, an innovative offensive mind and Griffin, Briles transformed the program. But when he took the job, his own daughter asked, “Dad, what are you doing?” The faithful descended... Continue Reading

A typical Ratio Christi campus group is made up of students who want to go deeper into the study of the intellectual framework of the Christian faith, said Schenker. In addition to hosting weekly meetings, Ratio Christi offers training for other student ministries and Christian faculty members. The popularity of a college student group primarily... Continue Reading

The translation project plans to publish a complete translation of Abraham Kuyper’s three-volume work on common grace, totaling over 1,700 pages. Volume one of Common Grace is scheduled to appear in fall 2012 The Common Grace Translation Project welcomes four new institutional partners that have signed on to support the work of translating, publishing, and... Continue Reading

“And so what can we learn from Daniel about how God wants us to live?” And as I said those words it was as if I had literally laid a huge load on that little girl. Like I broke some spell. She crumpled right in front of me, physically slumping and bowing her head. I... Continue Reading

By 2000, about two-thirds of the world’s Christians came from countries where western missionaries worked a century earlier, and there was an explosion of interest in mission work among Christians from Asia, Africa and Latin America, according to Robert. At a church on the New England coast 200 years ago, five young men became ordained... Continue Reading

It’s amazing what youth will eat. I love sushi, but it’s quite different than eating a live goldfish. I sat near the back of the crowd and watched with a curious sea-sickness—gazing at the teenage wonder while keeping one eye on the nearest trash can! A loud unified chant shook the entire room: “Mar-cus, Mar-cus.”... Continue Reading

Galen Carey, the Washington director for the National Association of Evangelicals, called the proposal “very counterproductive.” “We fully support the need to reduce the budget deficit,” Carey said, “but it doesn’t make any sense why this keeps coming up.” For the fourth year in a row, President Obama is proposing lower tax deductions for the... Continue Reading