Mike Klockenbrink’s The staff at Church Executive congratulates blogger Mike Klockenbrink, Operations Officer at Lakeside Church in Folsom, CA, on his appointment as president of the Sacramento chapter of the National Association for Church Business Administration (NACBA). Klockenbrink has been a member of the NACBA — and its Sacramento chapter — since 2000. Among his […]
Read More >Boz Tchividjian says “Aslan is on the move” with Christians waking up to the problem of sexual abuse in evangelical and Protestant churches.
Read More >Healthy churches have many points of tension. For example, churches grow by adding new believers. New believers are immature (and typically passionate), which means church programming must balance between immature congregants and mature congregants. Most every pastor has experienced the volley: Yes, deeper! No, too deep! This tension is like a taut tightrope; it tugs […]
Read More >The vast majority of Christians came into a relationship with God before their 18th birthday.
Read More >The Washington National Cathedral’s west center tympanum, bishop’s garden, bishop’s lawn, south side, south facade and central tower. (August 10, 2012) Photo by Craig Stapert/courtesy Washington National Cathedral By Kevin Eckstrom, Cathy Lynn Grossman, Sarah Pulliam Bailey, David Gibson, Adelle M. Banks and Katherine Burgess WASHINGTON (RNS) — As the government […]
Read More >Malcolm Gladwell speaks at PopTech! 2008 conference. (Photo courtesy Kris Krüg via Wikimedia Commons) (RNS) / Sarah Pulliam Bailey — Author Malcolm Gladwell may not be known for writing on religion. His New York Times best-selling books “The Tipping Point,” “Outliers,” “Blink” and “What the Dog Saw” deal with the unexpected twists in […]
Read More >Leslie, (left), a professor at Eden Theological Seminary, talks with Matthew Goetz, a student in her class on chaplains and military sexual assault called “Equipping the Spirits.” The Navy just hired Leslie to begin training chaplains. (Photo by Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch) ST. LOUIS (RNS) / Tim Townsend — Kristen Leslie began her 2003 […]
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