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Most deconversion narratives shouldn't surprise us because we are living through a time of widespread decline and failure in the American church.
Jake MeadorFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism
What happens when a community becomes so large that it is not able to do the very thing it was originally intended to do?
Brad EastFeaturedChurch
All that a sermon is meant to do is use human words to convey God's written word which, by the Spirit's grace, draw people toward a deeper love of God.
Matthew LaPineFeaturedChurch
Healthy churches must be churches in which downward mobility is a normal part of the community's life, in which the community is attentive to the weak.
Susannah Black RobertsWorkHistoryChurch
Yesterday, I guest-adjuncted for a friend’s class of Baylor students, who are on a sort of NYC Study Abroad semester (Yes, NYC is Abroad from Texas. Texas, after all, is on the continent.) The class was meant to be a […]
Joshua HeavinFeaturedChurch
The church will endure even when her great treasures fade. But will today's church be capable of creating our own treasures to give to those who follow us?
Jake MeadorFeaturedChurch
The burning of Notre Dame is a great loss to the global church. But in the burning is a call to those of us living through such days: We must rebuild.
Ruben AlvaradoFeaturedChurch
Once upon a time, the state shared the public square with the church. The central location of the church building in every European town is mute testimony to this state of affairs. But those days are long gone. Nowadays there […]
Jonathan LeemanFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism
Jonathan Leeman responds to Gavin Ortlund's concerns about implicit Donatism in Baptist thought as well as his other criticisms of closed membership.
Guest WriterFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism
Gavin Ortlund responds to Jonathan Leeman's criticism of his arguments for some version of open membership practices in Baptist churches.
Jonathan LeemanFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism
(1: Gavin Ortlund’s Initial Post, 3: Gavin Ortlund’s Response, 4: Jonathan Leeman’s Final Response) Gavin, Thank you for the opportunity to interact with you on this matter. I’m grateful for you and our partnership in the gospel, and I remember your time […]
Guest WriterFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism
It should be possible for Baptists to both have defined membership practices in their church and to receive those baptized as infants into full membership.