The 2022 American Worldview Inventory of Arizona Christian University revealed some unsettling facts. We’ve already explored what the study reported regarding Christian parents. That is, that only 4% of parents who profess to be Christians adhere to a biblical worldview. That’s bad. But it gets worse. Turns out that the confusion of our parents mirrors a crisis in the pulpit. ACU surveyed pastors in a variety of roles, from Senior Pastors to Youth and Children’s…
Immediately following the Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in June 2021, incoming president Ed Litton and outgoing president JD Greear found themselves at the center of an uncomfortable conversation that was quickly fanned into a full-blown social media firestorm. The controversy centers on a YouTube video that was edited to toggle between a 2019 sermon by Greear and a sermon Litton preached in January, 2020, both on Romans 1. Anyone watching the video…
Should pastors support the Covid-19 vaccine? Soon we will show it by our choice to take it or decline. In my state, North Carolina, pastors and clergy will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine when state officials expand to the next phase of vaccinations, regardless of our age. Following federal guidelines, NC officials are making vaccines available by groups. According to Baptist Press, “North Carolina is currently vaccinating groups 1 and 2, which include…
Two days apart in May, Christians had to digest two announcements pertaining to high-profile Christians. At first glance, these two announcements seem unrelated. But they are not, and the relationship between the two is critically important for pastors. On May 19, Ravi Zacharias, influential Christian apologist and prolific author, passed away from a rare form of cancer. His death was felt widely across the evangelical landscape. We had lost a stalwart defender of the faith.…
First Bill Hybels. Then Frank Page. While it is not uncommon these days for new names to be added to the roll-call of leaders who are either accused of moral misconduct or have admitted to it, this week the evangelical Christian community was rattled when two respected leaders were swept into the company of the accused. March 22 Christianity Today published the story that Bill Hybels, founding pastor of the innovative megachurch Willow Creek Community…