Seen and Not Heard

A sermon Randy Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ar. January 12, 2014 Deacon Ordination and Installation Numbers 27:15-23; Acts 6:1-7 Doing church is not easy. Never has been, never will be. Doing church the Baptist way makes it even messier...

5 Ways to Plug in Church Members for Service

One of the most discouraging things that a pastor or staff minister can hear is this: “I just don’t belong here. I can’t find a place to plug in at this church.” This may be the last conversation that the minister will have with this person and...

Do You Use Clout to Serve Yourself or Others?

I’m a Chicagoan. Been here – in spirit all the time and in body most of the time – for 50 years now. So, I know, from experience, a thing or two about “clout.” In the most generous rendering of it, clout has to do with the power – political,...

Do You Rest on Former Endeavors or Live in Present?

When columns I have written are used on EthicsDaily.com, there is an identifying line or two at the bottom about who I am: a “former” board member of the Baptist Center for Ethics and a “former” moderator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship...