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  Student ministers face challenges as age separates them from youth

  Age can influence the career direction a youth minister or campus minister takes. Family transitions may lead to a ministry change, or the minister may feel age has separated him or her from students.

  06/03/2010 - By admin

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  Death in a minister’s family means transitions in ministry, identity

  The death of a minister—or the minister’s spouse—marks a difficult phase in the life of both the church and the pastor’s family. The church and the spouse left behind must deal with the loss of that team concept, the intertwining of gifts and calling when a pastor or his or her mate passes away.

  06/03/2010 - By admin

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  Church and founding pastor either grow together, or somebody moves on

  Whether the founding pastor of a church matures with the congregation or moves on once the new work is well established depends on a host of factors, according to three church-growth and church-planting experts. And either the initial focus on which the church started or the pastor must change for the church to move forward, the three believe.

  06/03/2010 - By admin

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  Churches adapt to change by planting multiple campuses

  Pleasant Valley Baptist Church in Liberty, Mo., and Air Baptist Church in Richmond, Va., started separate congregations to minister to differing geographic areas or a particular ministry focus. But most multisites remain together because of their shared spiritual DNA.

  06/03/2010 - By admin

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  Musician ministers to teens struggling with cutting

  As singer/songwriter Lanae’ Hale performs concerts around the country, she shares an intensely personal message with teenagers and young adults about how God helped her to overcome a battle with cutting and depression.

  06/03/2010 - By admin

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  Most ‘Millennials’ don’t pray, read Bible or attend church

  Two thirds of Americans born between 1980 and 1991 identify themselves as Christians, but most do not regularly pray, read the Bible or attend church, according to findings of a new LifeWay Research study.

  06/02/2010 - By Administrator

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  Faith Digest

  A federal judge has rejected a motion filed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to dismiss a California lawsuit that challenges tax breaks ministers can receive on housing.

  06/02/2010 - By admin

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  If there’s a just way to wage war, what about ending one?

  As the United States prepares to reduce troop levels in Iraq this summer and Afghanistan next year, the 1,500-year-old "just war" theory is being deployed on a less familiar mission—ending the wars ethically.

  05/26/2010 - By admin

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  Clergy shortage turns to ministerial glut in some denominations

  After a decade-long clergy shortage in America’s pulpits, Christian denominations are now experiencing a clergy glut—with some denominations reporting two ministers for every vacant pulpit.

  05/26/2010 - By admin

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  Book draws on music of U2 to call for Christian unity

  A new book written by a Baptist professor applies theological themes found in the music of the Irish rock band U2 to the quest for Christian unity.

  05/24/2010 - By Administrator

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  Church should be place of acceptance for people with special needs

  People with disabilities don’t want churches that just “welcome” them, but rather congregations that value them and include them in living a “full life of faith,” a long-time advocate for special-needs ministry said.

  05/21/2010 - By admin

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  Is God trying to send people a message through disasters?

  What is it about nature’s fury that attracts theological interpretation? For many religious leaders, scholars say, it’s an opportunity to win new believers.

  05/20/2010 - By admin