From tiger moms to helicopter parents, popular models of parenting are constantly changing, making it more difficult for parents to find guidance for talking with their children openly about sexuality. Answering many questions that parents and children often ask, Sex + Faith (Westminster John Knox Press) offers a unique, progressive approach to discussing difficult topics such as birth control and sexual orientation.
Jerry Cannon picked up right where he left off. A year after preaching a rousing sermon to conclude the 2012 Evangelism and Church Growth (ECG) Conference, the Charlotte, N.C. preacher had the opening night crowd at the 2013 ECG conference here stomping their feet, pounding their tables and shouting in response to his exhortation to “don’t make (evangelism) harder than it needs to be.”
More than 70 percent of church-attending high school students will lose their connection to the church during their college years, according to a recent study by The Barna Group, a Christian market research firm. Only about 20 percent will ever return.
Pastor Howard Dudley, campus minister at University of Mississippi (Ole Miss), is on a personal mission, battling each day to help reclaim studens from becoming part of this statistic.
Worship at First Presbyterian Church in Shawano, Wis., always includes scripture, prayer and sacred music. In can also feature dance, video, silent meditation, drama or other less than familiar elements. And usually it will invite participation in community, consideration of holy possibilities and a challenge to deeper faith.
AUSTIN, Texas ― Education Beyond the Walls (EBW) is the outward-looking educational face of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, providing lifelong learning and fresh, innovative, and expansive theological education for clergy, church leaders, congregations, and communities. Established in 2011, EBW sits at the intersection of church and academy, and draws upon the deep resources of both to craft creative responses to emerging needs of church leaders.
“As a school of the church, we seek to meet people called to ministry where they are, in their own journeys,” the seminary states in its promotional material for EBW, “and we invite them …
One week after unveiling an expanded prayer platform near the Western Wall, Israel’s Minister of Religious Affairs reached out to Reform and Conservative Jews in the days leading up to Rosh Hashanah, which began the evening of Sept. 4.
To mark the end of summer and the restarting of Bible studies, congregations are invited to celebrate Theological Education Sunday Sept. 15.
A World Council of Churches (WCC) seminar has marked the strengthening of relationships between the WCC and the Global Christian Forum (GCF), affirming their distinctive and complementary roles in the quest for Christian unity.
Even as the world’s powers grasped for a last-minute resolution to the crisis in Syria, it remained an open question whether any amount of diplomacy could prevent the conflict from claiming at least one more victim: the classic Christian teaching known as the “just war” tradition.
Sporting events – even the ones contested by athletes who cheat by using performance-enhancing drugs – enjoy a higher ethical standard than politics.