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The New Golden Handcuffs for Pastors (It’s Mortgage Rates)

The real estate market is encouraging some pastors to stay put. For now. Rising interest rates produce a “golden handcuff” effect on the housing market. Golden handcuffs refer to a set of financial incentives that employers use to encourage certain employees to remain with a company. These incentives are typically tied to some conditions that…

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Is Torah for Everyone?

The Hot Topics Conferences happen when a few of our faculty join each other online to discuss a wide range of topics that are directly relevant to you now. Don’t worry if you have missed them, because a large collection of them are available t…

The Dream of an Uncluttered Church

Decluttering can be painful. It’s hard work. It’s messy. And because we’ve been trained to maintain instead of change, people’s feelings are often an issue when it comes to eliminating traditions, ministries, and events. If you proceed, do so with wisd…

5 Ways to Minimize the Stress of Pastor and Employee Evaluations

Sarai Rice says congregations often evaluate pastors and staff in ways that lead to a lot of stress but little clarity or accountability. She offers five suggestions for how churches can reduce the stress and structure evaluations to enable pastors and their teams to pursue the church’s vision with energy and imagination. Pastors can be […]

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5 Turnoffs for Millennials Seeking a Church

Drawing on research conducted by the Barna Group, Jeremy Steele outlines some of the turnoffs for millennials when they visit new churches. An outdated digital presence and a lack of diversity top the list. To celebrate the Lewis Center’s anniversary, we are highlighting Leading Articles — some of our most popular posts of the past […]

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Synagogue of Satan in Revelation 3:9?

Revelation 3:9
I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars–I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you.

Was this group of people…

Democrat Or Republican Theological Reflections On Party Loyalty

Pneuma 26,2_prelims 2/27/06 11:59 AM Page i PNEUMA The Pentecostal Theology EDITOR Frank D. Macchia, Vanguard University of Southern California MANAGING EDITOR Ed Rybarczyk,…

Is Philip in Acts 8 the deacon or the disciple?

I would like to know if the Philip who baptized the eunuch in Acts 8 is Philip the disciple or the deacon mentioned in Acts 6

Do I Really Need to Be a Member of a Church?

This question and its ensuing discussion continues. Do I really need to be a member of a church? We need to first separate the concept of church membership from other types of organizational membership. Church membership is not like civic club membership, even though many civic organizations do have altruistic purposes. Church membership is definitely…

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Is the command to pray for laborers in Luke 10:2 for all time?

It reads in Luke 10:2 (parallel is Matt 9:37-38):

Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

I’ve en…