In recent years there has been an increasing attention paid to the issue of clergy self-care. I’ve written a lot…

The nature of the church is being challenged by the culture of consumerism in which it exists. The consumer mentality…

Beginning with Augustine but continuing with Luther, Calvin, The Scots Confession, and the Second Helvietic Confession, the church, both Protestant…

As denominations attempt to change to meet the changing conditions of our society, a clear trend is to decentralize. In…

Philip Jenkins in his book, The Next Christendom describes how the population center of Christianity is moving to the Southern…

Bill Hybel, the senior pastor of Willow Creek, has done a remarkable thing. Willow Creek is known as the megachurch…

When you read the various arguments that are being spoken and published with respect to the hot issues that are…

Jesus has been traveling across Galilee proclaiming the good news of God and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the…

How do we approach the question of what the church has to offer those who are part of it. One…

Recently I was talking to a retired pastor about what advice he would give to a person considering a call…

As you travel almost anywhere in the country, one is struck with the multitude of churches that dot our landscape.…

Another seismic change has occurred in the way we experience the church. At one time we debated whether the church’s…

Most churches would agree that they value a pastor who can listen with sensitivity to people who come to them.…

Salem Presbytery covers 19 counties in North Carolina. You could drive 150 miles from east to west or 120 miles…

I have just finished a term as an interim General Presbyter at Salem Presbytery. It has given me a fresh…

The Pastor’s Spouse When we think about caring for clergy, we need to include in that care a concern for…

Some Christian communities and many members of the Christian church ignore the Hebrew Scriptures or what is often referred to…

In reading Thomas Friedman’s The World is Flat I was struck with its implications for denominationalism. One of the problems…

There is an interesting phenomenon among clergy. On the one extreme, there are those within the clergy whose identity is…

The downfall of another evangelical superstar, in this case Ted Haggard, seems to bring glee to the media and occasionally…