by Zach Dawes Jr | Apr 28, 2022 | News
Nearly half (42%) of all U.S. Protestant pastors have considered leaving full-time ministry in the last year, according to a Barna Group report published April 27. This is a 13-point increase from January 2021 and a four-point rise since November 2021. The leading...
by Alyssa Aldape | Apr 22, 2022 | Opinion
If the story of Easter teaches Easter people anything, it is that what happens in darkness will come to light. We learn songs as children about little lights that cannot be stomped out, blown out or put out by Satan – songs about God being bigger than darkness and the...
by Michael Chancellor | Mar 31, 2022 | Opinion
The pain of church conflict does not go away. Even years after the events that caused a rip in the fabric of the ministry of a pastor and their people, the pain remains. In one succinct sentence in her book Atlas of the Heart, Brené Brown explains why: “It’s...
by Alyssa Aldape | Feb 28, 2022 | Opinion
Do you remember the youth room of your childhood church? Mine was on the second floor and back corner of Manor Baptist Church. But before the sixth grade, my family left the church I grew up in and moved to a predominantly white church in the suburbs of San Antonio....
by Zach Dawes Jr | Feb 28, 2022 | News
Congregants and clergy agree that confidence in the wisdom of U.S. Protestants pastors is low, according to a Barna Group report published Feb. 16. When presented with the question, “Would you consider a pastor to be a trustworthy source of wisdom?” only 23% of U.S....
