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Churches And ‘The Truth’
ANGLICAN MEDIA SYDNEY May 8, 2002 A major intellectual and spiritual crisis for the churches Archbishop Peter Jensen’s Halifax-Portal Lecture ‘Speaking the truth in Love’ In a strongly worded address Dr Peter Jensen, Anglican Archbishop of Sydney has argued that the Christian Churches have lost confidence in their message to the community, and that they […]
Clergy Killers
by G. Lloyd Rediger, PhD (Directory of Clergy Counseling Services, Wisconsin Council of Churches) August 1993 +The Clergy Journal This is an angry column. I am enraged at sick and evil people in the church who destroy pastors. This column and magazine are typically read by clergy, so this is like “preaching to the choir.” […]
Managing The Clergy Killer Phenomenon
by G. Lloyd Rediger, PhD (Directory of Clergy Counseling Services, Wisconsin Council of Churches) March 1994 +The Clergy Journal It has taken awhile for church leaders to recognize the reality of intentional, destructive attacks on clergy. Now we must teach ourselves the skills needed to survive these attacks. This is not an “us versus them” […]
Next Church
Seamless multimedia worship, round-the-clock niches of work and service, spiritual guidance, and a place to belong: in communities around the country the old order gives way to the new by Charles Trueheart O spires. No crosses. No robes. No clerical collars. No hard pews. No kneelers. No biblical gobbledygook. No prayerly rote. No fire, no […]
Interview With Lyle Schaller
Helping church leaders make the transition from the present to the future It’s Hard to Overcome the Importance of Passion Carol Childress, Leadership Network Explorer editor Lyle Schaller has been called the “dean of church consultants” and voted the most respected observer of the American church scene (LA Times national religion poll.) He is perhaps […]
What Are You Reading?
>From http://umcna.bsc.edu/books.html Listed below are books that leaders of the North Alabama Conference are reading. Recommended websites (recommended by Dick Freeman): worshipleader.com worshiptogether.com next-wave.org theartmill.com outreachmarketing.com churchart.com Leadership is an Art by Max DePree – Rev. Tommy Gray, pastor ClearBranch United Methodist Church, Argo, AL The Connecting Church by Randy Frazee – Rev. Tommy Gray, […]
What Makes Music Sacred Or Secular?
Dear Reverend J: There is a big controversy in my church over what kind of music is acceptable to use in our services. Some are objecting to certain kinds of Contemporary Christian Music as sounding too “secular” for church. How do you determine the difference between “secular” and “sacred” music? Where do you draw the […]
‘Feel Good’ Religion
More Americans Embrace “Feel-Good” Morality, Study Suggests Ventura, California, USA …. [Bettina Krause/ANN] March 2002 ——————————————————- A majority of Americans base their beliefs and moral decisions on feelings, and reject the idea of absolute truth, according to the results of a study released last month. The Barna Research survey shows that 64 percent of adults […]
Does The Australian Church Have A Future? A Comment.
Dear Rowland, The article on “Does the Australian Church have a Future” was a good read. Few articles have elicited the level of margin notation as this one. This is the first time I have ever commented on any published work – this one was passionate. “What does a health Church look like?” listed all […]
What Does A Healthy Church Look Like?
(This article was commissioned for a U. S. journal) ~~~ ‘The church is full of hypocrites.’ ‘Well, yes, true, but there’s room for another one!’ ~~~ One Sunday night I visited a small ‘non-denominational’ church in rural Victoria, Australia. They had big black Bibles – and severe expressions! I decided to preach dialogically, so asked […]
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