Mega-Church and State Separation? Not in an Election Year
David Eagle reports in The Christian Century what many small-church pastors have known for a…
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Like Your Small Church? Don’t Be So Selfish!
File under: “how not to attract newcomers to your church.”
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In the Age of Megachurches, Sometimes Less Is More
We have long known, as sociologist Mark Chaves says, that “most congregations in the United…
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Megachurch Pastor: We’re “American Al Qaeda” for Opposing Homosexuality
The day after it was announced that Louie Giglio, an Atlanta pastor, founder of the Passion movement and campaigner against human trafficking, had been chosen to deliver the benediction at President Obama’s second inauguration, an old sermon of his surfaced. OK, it didn’t…
Read MoreEvangelicals Struggle With the Role of Churches in Society
Some people think that evangelicals only do charity out of a selfish desire to convert non-believers. Others insist that evangelical faith-based organizations are secretly installing a Christian theocracy. Both assumptions are misguided in my view because they are too narrow. Moral Ambition seeks to broaden (and refine) our sense of what everyday evangelicals believe they are doing, or would like to be doing, when they engage the public sphere.
Read MoreMcCain Endorser: “Destroy” Islam
Megachurch Pastor Rod Parsley calls for America to “fulfill its divine purpose” by destroying “this false religion.”
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Biblical Battered Wife Syndrome: Christian Women and Domestic Violence
Although Rick Warren’s Saddleback church teaches women that physical abuse is not grounds for divorce, there is a growing literature for evangelical women—by their peers—that shows women how to get out of an abusive marriage, while remaining in the church.
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Purpose Driven Politics: Rick Warren’s Civil Service
Barack Obama and John McCain will share a stage for the first time this August. Their host? Rick Warren, megachurch pastor and bestselling author—and a man with undeniable political influence.
Read MoreConservative-Preacher-Turned-Progressive-Leader Carlton Pearson Finds a New Home, Ministry in Chicago
Carlton Pearson was a televangelist superstar, until he began preaching the gospel of inclusion and was ousted. But now this conservative Pentecostal preacher turned progressive religious radical has a new congregation.
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