by Zach Dawes Jr | Feb 23, 2018 | Opinion
Affirming and supporting women in all local church ministry positions is a distinctive of the moderate Baptist movement. Sometimes, it takes instances like the Tennessee Baptist Convention’s removal of First Baptist of Jefferson City, Tennessee, from its...
by William D. Shiell | Aug 24, 2016 | Opinion
The last two weeks of August send students back to school and the church back to mission. Through partnerships in public and private education, churches are uniquely positioned at the intersection of needs, opportunities and open doors in people’s lives. A...
by William D. Shiell | Nov 5, 2008 | Opinion
Transitions in power are much like passing a baton in a relay race. The relay teams that win are often not the swiftest but the ones who have learned to negotiate and properly execute the exchange. It requires teamwork, communication, humility and sacrifice in order...
by William D. Shiell | Jul 8, 2004 | Opinion
Many seminarians have been handed the ubiquitous free book of advice from the newly retired ministers’ pen. The titles vary, but they have the same theme: What Seminary did not Teach You, or How to Survive on Staff at a Church. Thankfully, Brett Younger’s...
by William D. Shiell | Feb 3, 2004 | Opinion
“Whatever derives from lively faith is itself lively,” wrote the great German theologian Helmut Thielicke. His statement about authentic responses to faith can be applied to the most recent volume from the Chrysostom Society, Epiphanies: Stories for the...
