ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota native Caleb Phillips, 21, had one thought when he saw the crowds protesting in his area: “There are many unbelievers in the Twin Cities, and these protests are just a concentrated group of people. I’d love to witness to them.”
Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston insisted in what appeared to be his first pulpit appearance since his resignation in March that God doesn t write people off as men do and that he still has so ...
Global church planting network Acts 29 said it has "asked" the president and chairman of their board, Matt Chandler, "to step aside from Acts 29 speaking engagements" following a decision by The Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas, to suspend him over his inappropriate communication with a woman who is not his wife on Instagram.
Leading a virtual group has unique challenges. The 2020 pandemic proved that groups can survive and, in many ways, thrive in an online environment. Reports from around the country demonstrated that a high percentage of groups reached new people through online meeting tools. To prepare and lead engaging virtual studies,…
OWENSBORO, Ky. (BP) – When pastor Kamlen Haokip joined his wife and daughter for worship on Sunday, Aug. 20, it was the first time the family had been together for a service in more than four years.
Global church planting network Acts 29 said it has asked the president and chairman of their board, Matt Chandler, to step aside from Acts 29 speaking engagements following a decision by The Village ...
In this issue of A Public Witness, we introduce you to the man behind the microphone of the Todd Starnes Show before listening to his sermon Sunday. Then we offer a warning about risking the Church’s witness by elevating partisan voices like Starnes in pulpits.
In his final sermon as lead pastor of the California-based Saddleback Church on Sunday, Rick Warren returned to the very first message he delivered to a small group of strangers in 1980 to start the ...
Texas Baptists join prayer for Uvalde prior to first day of school; Search for new SCBC executive director-treasurer begins.
The National Association of Evangelicals unveiled a sweeping report Monday on climate change, laying out what its authors call the “biblical basis” for environmental activism to help spur fellow evangelicals to address the planetary environmental crisis. But the authors admit persuading evangelicals is no small task, considering the religious group has historically been one of the demographics most resistant to action on the issue.
On Sunday, author and pastor Matt Chandler announced that he would be indefinitely stepping aside from preaching and teaching at The Village Church
