Facing what the Los Angeles Times called “intense opposition from religious colleges in California,” state Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) has removed a provision that would have stripped those schools of their religious liberty protections and made it easier for LGBT students to sue for “discrimination.”
A couple years ago, I spent several hours with a group of young pastors. It was a cross representation of church planters and pastors of established churches—healthy churches and unhealthy; growing, plateauing and declining.
Every organization wants growth in one way or another. We want growth in clientele and in profits, and it’s common to want to see a certain level of growth in the skill and abilities of our employees.
As I write, I am finishing up the first on-campus installment of a D.Min. (Doctor of Ministry) program at Asbury Theological Seminary in Kentucky.
Often people who are not involved in children’s ministry have false assumptions about it. Here are seven of the most common, along with how to respond and help people see the truth:
Help! I choked as I said this word, bungling my way past my seatmate to hustle to the lavatory at the back of the airplane for the umpteenth time.
