Ministry - articles
A Farewell to Falwell: by Liberty U. Grad
A spiritual giant has fallen, and when giants fall, the impact shakes the ground of people near and afar. The news of Dr. Jerry Falwell’s death on May 15, 2007, at age 73, came as a surprise to me, as it did to everyone else. more »
By Doug Carlson - May 22, 2007 - (7)
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship
Escape from fear and violence
Names have been changed to protect confidentiality.
When Jennifer first contacted Baptist Family & Children’s Services (BFCS) for help, she and her three young children were in a domestic violence shelter. more »
By Christie Andersen - Apr 1, 2007 - (1)
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Family, Abuse, Child Abuse, Spousal Abuse
They need to be loved
Burdened for orphans, Wilsonville Baptists adopt children from Ukraine, start adoption ministry
While the knowledge of a child’s suffering resonates disconcertingly in the souls of average Americans, for Larry Gibson, founder of The Children’s Voice Foundation, such knowledge is a deafening roar. more »
By Jeremy Dale Henderson - Mar 22, 2007
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Family, Children, Parenting, Adoption
Fashionable and Modest? Absolutely!
Today’s teen girls look to many places to pattern their sense of self, but none more consistently than magazines such as Teen People, YM, Teen, Seventeen, Jump, and CosmoGirl. more »
By Dannah Gresh - Feb 27, 2007 - (2)
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Family, Parenting, Pop Culture, Sexual Purity, Modesty
Anna Nicole Smith: APA poster girl
Oh, irony of ironies.
The secular news media paused for a moment during its coverage of the sad circus surrounding the death of Anna Nicole Smith to report that the American Psychological Association has “found evidence that the proliferation of sexualized images of girls and young women in advertising, merchandising, and media is harmful to girls’ self-image and healthy development.” more »
By Karen Cole - Feb 27, 2007 - (1)
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Family, Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Addictions, Substance Abuse, Children, Parenting, Pop Culture, Sexual Purity, Modesty, Pornography
Locking Down Prison Ministry?
Chris Ganfield was once a young, drug-addicted prison inmate facing a fifty-year sentence but is now a husband, father, and facility manager of a faith-based camp that ministers to children who have suffered neglect, abuse, and poverty. more »
By Karen Cole - Feb 12, 2007
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Citizenship, Christian Citizenship, Church and State, Legislation, National, Religious Liberty
Being Salt and Light
As a pastor in suburban Atlanta some years ago, I was searching for effective ways to reach the area’s mushrooming population. Our local association held a seminar on church growth, where a prominent pastor shared the “growth” elements he had learned and was incorporating in his church. more »
By Tom Atwood - Sep 1, 2006
Starting a Ministry to Blended Families
Author and counselor Jim Smoke is a pioneer in the field of divorce recovery. He gives several suggestions for starting a ministry to blended families. more »
By Jim Smoke - Jul 1, 2006
Topic: Faith, Ministry, Family, Marriage, Parenting
Different Gifts, Same Spirit
Women can still serve the church, even if they are not called to be pastors
The nation’s largest Protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, with just fewer than 16 million members in over 40,000 churches across the country, once again generated controversy and front-page news during its annual June meeting. more »
By Richard Land - Jul 14, 2000