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Feds release first guidelines for confronting a church shooter »
Lauren Markoe, Religion News Service WASHINGTON (RNS) — For the first time, the federal government has issued written guidelines for houses of worship that are confronted with a homicidal gunman. Vice President Joe Biden released the new rules on Tuesday (June 18), six months after the school shooting in Newtown,…
6-19-13 / No Comment / Read More »Beyond the Basics of Church Insurance — WEB-EXCLUSIVE »
By RaeAnn Slaybaugh Each primary area of church insurance (property, liability, automobile and workmen’s compensation) bears lesser-known considerations. To help church leaders navigate them, here’s some expert advice from a handful of church insurance specialists: Melany Stonewall, corporate communications manager at GuideOne Insurance in West Des Moines, Iowa Scott Figgins,…
6-17-13 / No Comment / Read More »WEB-EXCLUSIVE: Holistic green »
By Rez Gopez-Sindac Each year for the past 13 years, Vineyard Boise in Boise, ID, has given away as many as 30,000 pounds of locally grown vegetables to needy families in the community as part of its weekly benevolence program. The fresh produce comes from Garden O’ Feedin’ — a…
6-17-13 / No Comment / Read More »300,000+ Military BibleSticks now in hands of Chaplains and Troops from every branch of U.S. Military »
Pocket Audio Bibles bring peace and comfort by speaking God’s Word to America’s heroes in uniform ALBUQUERQUE, NM/PRNewswire-USNewswire — Since 2008, Faith Comes By Hearing (FCBH) has provided more than 300,000 Military BibleSticks to this nation’s brave men and women in uniform — free of charge. The small, portable digital…
6-17-13 / No Comment / Read More »New Catholic App Set for Unveiling at Catholic Press Event »
DENVER / PRNewswire — Heeding Pope Francis’ call to a more action-oriented evangelization through technology, the new We Parent More app will be officially unveiled at the Catholic Press Association‘s annual gathering, this year in Denver. The app combines masstimes.org functionality with several features that facilitate a young parent’s ability…
6-14-13 / No Comment / Read More »The Rise of the @Pastor »
BARNA GROUP — It seems not a month goes by without a social media brouhaha involving a high-profile Christian leader. Such was the case when a prominent pastor tweeted about the recent Oklahoma tornado in a manner that seemed to connect the deadly storm to an act of God’s judgment.…
6-13-13 / No Comment / Read More »Huckabee questions church tax-exemption »
By Bob Allen (Associated Baptist Press) ASSOCIATED BAPTIST PRESS — Former Arkansas governor-turned-media personality Mike Huckabee asked Southern Baptist pastors to consider whether tax breaks from the government are worth the accompanying restrictions on political speech. The former pastor and president of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention said June 10…
6-12-13 / No Comment / Read More »Max Lucado, Thomas Nelson, CBA, The Salvation Army Partner in ‘Give Hope Where It Counts’ Campaign »
Christian Newswire — Bestselling author and pastor Max Lucado is partnering with his publisher Thomas Nelson and The Salvation Army and CBA, the Association for Christian Retail, to reach 1 million broken hearts with the message of his book, You’ll Get Through This: Hope and Help for Your Turbulent Times…
6-11-13 / No Comment / Read More »A Critical (Often Overlooked) Trait of an Excellent Worship Pastor »
In my previous post, I revealed a critical — yet overlooked — trait of executive pastors. I will do the same for worship pastors in this post.…
6-10-13 / No Comment / Read More »New Study Examines Religious Affiliation of U.S. Immigrants »
WASHINGTON/Pew Forum On Religion & Public Life — The geographic origins of new legal permanent residents in the United States have shifted markedly during the past two decades, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. government data on immigration. A total of 41 percent of new green…
6-7-13 / No Comment / Read More »Are You Ready to Lead Your Team Through a Crisis? »
WASHINGTON /PRNewswire-USNewswire — Emergency responders are trained to make quick decisions that will protect people and save lives when a natural or man-made disaster occurs. And, this is a skill that comes in handy for anyone running a small organization. Images from the recent tornadoes in Oklahoma remind us that…
6-6-13 / No Comment / Read More »Leading Through Encouraging »
A few years ago, I met the head of a successful software company at a conference in Los Angeles.…
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