When the government begins to redefine who can make decisions for your child—or worse, bypass you altogether—it’s not just an overstep. It’s an attack on the very foundation of the family.
As ministry leaders, we all know that promise in Matthew where Jesus says He'll build His church. Amen to that! But here's the question on my heart: how do we effectively steward the growth God sends our way?
Every person’s journey through grief is unique, because every grief is unique. Grief comes in all shapes and sizes, and it comes as a result of any type of loss.
After fifteen years in youth ministry, I've learned that leading teenagers is like flying a jumbo jet—you're constantly making minor adjustments along the way.
Trauma and the stress that can accompany it often keep an individual hyper-focused on the event, re-creating the trauma over and over, trying somehow to undo the feeling of helplessness and powerlessness through the negative ruminations.
Historically, churches were not always called “Baptist,” but many held to core principles we now recognize as Baptist distinctives. These can be summarized using the simple acrostic: B-A-P-T-I-S-T.