Update

Just a quick update for those who follow this blog. It has taken six months to find gainful employment outside the institutional church: it’s been a rough road and there’s no safety net in the United States for someone who chooses to leave professional ministry for a secular career. No unemployment benefits, no health insurance, [...]

Church Alumni

Here’s a great video clip from Recycle Your Faith, featuring Chad Estes of Captain’s Blog.

Don’t we need pastors to equip the saints?

As a former pastor, I viewed my preaching ministry through the lens of Ephesians 4 (below) and seriously believed that my twice-a-week sermons fulfilled, to a large extent, the discipleship mandate found in the Great Commission. I invested an enormous amount of energy and time out of my weekly schedule to study a passage of [...]

UK churchgoing “not in decline” says TearFund

At first glance, a January 2009 article published by Tearfund, a Christian relief and development agency in the UK, seems to paint a bright, rosy picture where the ancient churches and chapels in the United Kingdom seem to be enjoying an increase in attendance after decades of decline in church attendance. Upon closer examination, one [...]

Go to Church or the Devil Will Get You!

Those who live in northwest Florida or South Alabama may be familiar with this billboard along Interstate 65 north of Montgomery, Alabama. Evidently it’s been there for years, but I just saw it a few days ago as I was traveling to Birmingham. It speaks volumes about the use of guilt and manipulation, based in [...]

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