By Russ Rankin NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The majority of pastors in the Southern Baptist Convention believe Christians should include a legacy gift to a ministry or church, but 86 percent of SBC churches provide no assistance to their congregation to help with estate planning, according to a recent study. LifeWay Research conducted a survey of […]
Read More >In the last post I introduced the subject of mental preparation for ministry and offered three skills of those well prepared mentally for ministry
Read More >LONDON /Christian Newswire – The Lausanne Movement announced today it has appointed Dr. Michael Oh, a 41-year-old Korean-American serving in Japan, as its new executive director/chief executive officer, effective March 1. “Michael is a cross-cultural bridge-builder, from East to West and across generations; he knows the overall Movement well and understands the complexity of this […]
Read More >Attorney Michael Peregrine’s January 14th article in the Chronicle of Philanthropy highlights the need for charities to implement stronger safeguards in handling matters related to conflicts of interest and compensation-setting. Peregrine’s article explains how a prominent charity in New York City ended up with a $5.5 million price tag from the state attorney general’s office […]
Read More >(RNS) The Obama administration on Friday unveiled new rules on its controversial birth control insurance mandate that broaden religious exemptions and give greater flexibility to faith-based organizations that have moral objections to providing contraception insurance. The proposals do not, however, offer relief to privately-owned businesses that make conscience claims. The latest accommodation was a long-awaited […]
Read More >Washington, D.C. – Growing at a faster rate than the overall U.S. economy, the nonresidential construction industry is expected to see solid, yet measured, increases in activity this year. The religious sector is expected to post a 2.6 percent increase of spending this year and 4.9 percent in 2014. High demand for hotels and retail […]
Read More >The CE Interview: A. Colette Rice, Executive Pastor, Mt. Ennon Baptist Church, Clinton, MD By Ronald E. Keener Colette Rice was a civil servant for the federal government for 27 years before becoming executive pastor at Mt. Ennon Baptist Church. “Over the span of my career I have amassed skills and developed competencies in the […]
Read More >By David Gibson (RNS) Retired Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony has been stripped of his official duties in an unusual public rebuke by his successor that followed the release of thousands of pages of internal church documents showing how Mahony and aides for years conspired to cover up the sexual abuse of children by clergy. […]
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