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Charles Chandler, founder of the Ministering to Ministers Foundation, gives five suggestions of pastoral self-care.
09/20/2013 - By John Rutledge
Churches with a single ministry for all older adults may want to rethink their plan, said Larry Link, minister to adults older than 50 at First Baptist Church in Arlington.
The largest cohort of Americans also happens to be the one that’s living longer than those who came before, providing churches unprecedented opportunities.
(UPDATE) Henry Blackaby, the Southern Baptist author of the Experiencing God curriculum, suffered a heart attack on Thursday while driving near his Atlanta home, became disoriented and was missing 29 hours before police found him in Tifton, Ga., about 150 miles miles away.
A worldly definition of “strength” is preventing many Christians from allowing God to minister to them through fellow believers, many counselors agree.
When the U.S. House voted to cut the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program—better known as “food stamps”—by $39 billion over the next decade, they put about 171,000 Texans at risk, according to anti-hunger advocates.
Deaths: David Massey, 57, Sept. 16 in Longview, Polly Hooper, 76, Sept. 4 in Dallas and Welby Edwards, 98, Sept. 9 in Tyler.
GuideStone Financial Resources has renewed its vow to fight the Affordable Care Act’s mandate for contraceptives, looking to court action alongside efforts in Congress and before federal agencies.
Ministry to people with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia begins with remembering they are people who still have God’s Spirit residing within them, a Baylor University professor insisted.
09/19/2013 - By John Rutledge
A third of Americans and nearly half of evangelical, fundamentalist or born-again Christians believe prayer and Bible study alone can overcome serious mental illness, according to a recent survey by Nashville-based LifeWay Research.
A Korean Texas Baptist traveled to North Korea this summer to verify delivery of donated medical equipment and 60 tons of corn.
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s extension program at the Darrington maximum-security prison unit in Rosharon is preparing inmates to minister after their release to those still on the inside.
