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UMC Pastor Adam Hamilton is BUSTED!

Adam Hamilton will run for US Senate as a Democrat

United Methodist Pastor Adam Hamilton announced April 30 he will run for the U.S. Senate as a Democrat. The founding pastor of Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kan., took the...

United Methodism two years after 25% of churches disaffiliated

The United Methodist Church’s experience with the disaffiliations of a number of its congregations has received widespread coverage in church media and in some secular media outlet...

Navigate the Impossible: Word + Spirit in Pastoral Wisdom

To lead the church faithfully, we need supernatural, sober-minded wisdom. God meets us in his word, by his Spirit, through prayer, with a team.Watch Now

Wolfe says conservative Christians must impose their will on America

Conservative Christians must impose their will and interpretation of Scripture on all other Americans, a Southern Baptist and former Trump administration official said. “We should...

Rowan Williams: The diabolical is everywhere

by Freddie Sayers, UnHerd Rowan Williams’s baritone voice emanates from deep behind his white whiskers like a foghorn through the mist. It’s quiet but sonorous, and every word is c...

Liberalism and Christianity in the Age of Social Media

Mark Tooley, Liberalism.org The liberal Christianity of the American founding came from authentic, in-person faith communities. Can it survive in a time of influencers and vertica...

Why Me?

Ephraim Radner, First Things I visited a friend of mine a few years ago. He was a deeply faithful theologian, but without much success in his profession. Deeply devoted to each ot...

The Will-They/Won’t-They Church

How we learned to avoid commitment and call it wisdom. The post The Will-They/Won’t-They Church appeared first on The Good Men Project.

Pilate, Pragmatism, and Providence

By Jeffrey Walton, Juicy Ecumenism. This past Good Friday I reprised my recurring role as Roman Governor of Judea Pontius Pilate for my Anglican parish’s somber Holy Week program, ...

Why a theology focused only on the future is bad for the present

One of the key differences I’ve noticed between the United Methodist Church and the religion in which I was raised is the focus on now versus later — “later” being heaven, the afte...

In new book, Oord makes theology about God’s love

When I hear the words “systematic theology,” I can’t help but think of Wayne Grudem — an altogether unpleasant association. Maybe a different systematic theology book comes to mind...

A Rural Calling: Allyn Maxfield-Steele

Rowan Williams thinks church bureaucracy is demonic. I disagree

by Ian Paul, Premier Christianity The former Archbishop of Canterbury is no fan of managerialism, but it can be necessary and effective to help church leaders focus on evangelism a...

Welcome others fully

As a Palestinian Christian and ELCA pastor, Khader Khalilia occupies a singular and deeply personal role within the life of the church. Born and raised in Bethlehem, Khalilia maint...

In conversation with Jim Somerville

For 18 years, Jim Somerville has done something many pastors talk about but far fewer actually attempt. He has led a historic congregation to change. This change isn’t merely cosme...

Pastor Sam Allberry Disqualified from Ministry over Same-Sex Relationship

Sam Allberry, pastor and author, has resigned from Emmanuel Church following news of a same-sex relationship in 2022. Church Elders concluded that "Sam’s conduct constituted a seri...

Letting go of our ‘wish dream’ for the church

From the very beginning, Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s writings centered around the life of the church. The church, its calling and welfare, was his passion. As a young doctoral student, h...

Tale of C. S. Lewis’s Vanishing Cabinet

WHEATON COLLEGE, Illinois, was founded in 1860 out on the Midwestern prairies. Its first president, Jonathan Blanchard, was a Congregational minister and a fiery abolitionist. Blan...

Wednesday's Catch: 'How the Modern Church Was Shaped: The Seminary Class Every Church Leader Actually Needs' And More

Logo of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Louisville, Kentucky (Closed April 24)How the Modern Church Was Shaped: The Seminary Class Every Church Leader Actually Needs Most church leade...

Making Space for Every Mind: A Guide to Using Universal Design for Learning in Ministry

Christian ministry is rooted in a deep belief in the dignity and worth of all people. In “The Book of Common Prayer,” for example, Episcopalians promise in the Baptismal Covenant t...

We Have to Do It Ourselves

Matthew Walther, The Lamp Simply put: Magnifica humanitas is not compelling. Who its target audience was I cannot possibly imagine (though I think I can just about hear the sighs...

The Cult of Pastoral Vulnerability

Carl R. Trueman, First Things Another well-known minister has resigned from his pastoral office due to a previously undisclosed inappropriate relationship. The twist in this griml...

In the Library: Clint Pressley

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