Thou Shalt Not … Amend the State Constitution?
This issue of A Public Witness takes you inside a hyperpartisan church for a taste of how the gospel of Jesus is being supplanted by an imperial lust for political power.
Church & Ministries
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Acts 29 Network Asks Matt Chandler to ‘step aside’ from Speaking Engagements
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.
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Burmese pastor reunites with family after more than 4 years apart | Baptist Press
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.
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FIRST-PERSON: How to create an engaging online Bible study | Baptist Press
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,…
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Acts 29 Joins Village Church in Suspending Matt Chandler over Instagram Messages as Evangelicals React
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 ...
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Bringing the Culture War to the Pulpit
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.
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In Final Sermon at Saddleback Church, Rick Warren Drives Home the Purpose Driven Life
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 ...
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SBC DIGEST: BGCT leaders’ urge prayer for Uvalde schools; Search begins for SCBC executive director-treasurer | Baptist Press
Texas Baptists join prayer for Uvalde prior to first day of school; Search for new SCBC executive director-treasurer begins.
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Evangelical Group Releases Climate Change Report, Urges a Biblical Mandate for Action
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.
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Matt Chandler Is Taking an Indefinite Leave, Citing an ‘Inappropriate’ Relationship – RELEVANT
On Sunday, author and pastor Matt Chandler announced that he would be indefinitely stepping aside from preaching and teaching at The Village Church
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Pastor Matt Chandler Takes ‘leave of absence’ over Inappropriate Instagram Messages with Woman
Matt Chandler, lead pastor of teaching at The Village Church in the Dallas Fort Worth area, announced he s accepted a decision by his elder board to immediately take a leave of absence due to his use ...
