Brentwood Baptist is sending two more of our own into the world. Drew Benward is headed to The Point Church in Vancouver, Canada, and Elizabeth Harris is headed to Cape Town, South Africa, to serve with Living Hope. Both have spent years walking toward this moment: Drew since a high
How Did We Get Here? Where 70 Years of Church Growth Took Us …somewhere in the middle of the growth, a question started following me around that I did not have the courage to say out loud. Are we making disciples? Or are we making church attenders who need us
How Evangelism Ministries Have Changed in Churches in 30 Years Jess and Thom begin with a simple observation: most churches still believe in evangelism—but far fewer are organized around it the way they once were. Programs that were once central have faded, and new approaches have emerged, often without the
Sixty years ago, in March 1966, the University of Notre Dame made a decision that would permanently alter its intellectual and ecclesial profile. In the wake of the Second Vatican Council, and under the visionary leadership of Fr. Ted Hesburgh, C.S.C., Notre Dame inaugurated its doctoral program in theology. What
Celebrating 500 years since the first printed English New Testament Celebrations for the quincentenary – 500th anniversary – of the English New Testament got underway in Antwerp in July. This is the story…. The Top Ten Worst Church Guest Experiences These experiences shine a spotlight on what must change if
Welcome to New Year’s Eve at All Hallows. This Sunday, the First Sunday after Christmas, is the last Sunday of 2023. It is also New Year’s Eve. Reading: Galatians 6:1-10 Message: A New Year Link: https://allhallowsmurray.blogspot.com/2023/12/new-years-eve-at-all-hallows-sunday.html Please feel free to share this link with anyone who may be interested. If
An Impasse In a way that few, if any, issues have dominated the landscape of reasoned discussion and legislation, bitter fights about who and what is pro-life or anti-choice and what it all means for women and children mark an impasse in American political life. In January of 2018, the
I received a wonderful Christmas gift from a dear friend a few days ago. First, I opened a lovely brass bell. Then a framed quotation from Alfred Tennyson’s famous song, Ring Out Wild Bells. She chose just these few ending lines: Ring in the valiant men and free,