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Holy Week refers to Christianity’s annual commemoration of the final week of Jesus’ life leading to his death on the cross on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday. This entire week is a reminder that Christianity isn’t just a global religi…
About This Episode In order to “fit in,” you usually have to become like the people you’re trying to fit in with. Everyone will have expectations and standards for you to meet, and if you strive to fit in, you’ll need to meet them. The process of tryin…
Ruth Everhart, a pastor, author, and sexual assault survivor, outlines steps that any church can take to respond to the sexual victimization of women. Scripture, doctrine, honest conversation, and a commitment to creating safe spaces are important resources churches can employ in ministering to survivors and preventing future abuse. One of the challenges facing today’s […]
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There are two ways to be religious as a Christian. The first way seeks to build walls and create boundaries using rigid doctrinal dogmas, rituals, and rules so that it can be clarified who is IN and who is OUT. Who is accepted, and who is rejected. Who…
Struggling to recruit volunteers? Deech Kirk shares five keys for successful volunteer recruitment drawn from his work with youth ministry teams but applicable to other areas of ministry as well. Here are five keys to a successful volunteer recruitment plan: There is no way around it: you have to ask people to volunteer. 1. Know […]
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About This Episode We live in a wonderful world! A wonderfully flawed, sometimes violent, totally unpredictable, and definitely unsafe world. It’s broken and beautiful. Whatever you might believe about Jesus, he was definitely bold about his claim that…
I recently had a conversation with a stranger about the weird weather in Arkansas. We’d had hail, tornadoes, and ice within a couple of weeks’ span. His comment to me was, “Yep, the Bible’s signs of the times are happening all around us!” God may have …
What are the characteristics of churches disaffiliating from the United Methodist Church? Lovett H. Weems Jr. reports that there are more similarities than differences between the cohort of disaffiliating churches and the total pool of all United Methodist churches. But disaffiliating churches are overwhelmingly in the South with majority white memberships. They are also more […]
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002: An Ancient Framework for Relating to the Rest of the World Hello friends! Welcome to the Walk Humble podcast. I’m your host, Brandon Cox, and while this is technically episode #2, episode #1 was more of a trailer sharing a bit of vision for things…
I grew up attending Southern Baptist churches. I became a Pastor in the Baptist tradition. I didn’t know what Lent was until I was in my early twenties and someone from a mainline denominational background joined our church. She shared with me that she…