Four ways to encourage your young minister
As I reflect on the many blessings, challenges and learning experiences I have had during my first several months of full-time ministry, I would be…
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Newsmakers, April 2019
NEW MINISTERS Darion Dalton (pictured in feature image), youth minister for the Edgemere Church of Christ in Wichita Falls, Texas. Logan Hackworth, youth minister for…
New volume with ‘Intergenerate’ ideas for meaningful ministry among age groups
Intergenerational ministry is a popular topic among church leaders, thanks in part to books such as “Ingenerational Christian Formation” (2012) by Holly Catterton Allen and…
Grilling for souls
HYATTSVILLE, Md. — Normally the Northwestern High School Wildcats would be out under the Friday night lights somewhere in the outskirts of our nation’s capital, playing…
Christian ministries can cooperate
Should Christian ministries view each other as competition for a limited pool of donations and volunteers? We know they shouldn’t. But they do. A lot.…
When an Angel needs gas
I met an angel today. She called the church about an hour before it was time to start worship. (For preachers, that’s a really important…
Newsmakers, October 2018
RETIRING Hugh Fulford officially retired in 2000 after 42 years of full-time ministry with congregations in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Texas. Now, at age 80,…
Newsmakers, September 2018
AWARDED David Glasscock, preacher for the Beaver Church of Christ in Oklahoma, with the “EMT of the Year” prize by the Oklahoma EMT Association. Glasscock…
