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Pastor's Facebook posts offer vital information, pastoral care to Hurricane Florence victims

Information is golden to hurricane evacuees. It tells them how their homes and communities fared in the storm and offers hints about when they might be able to return. Hurricane Florence evacuee Jayne Davis knows this all...

source: Baptist News Global

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source: TCN

7 essential types of leadership every nonprofit organization needs

Every organization, regardless of industry, needs a strong leadership team to succeed. This is especially true for nonprofits, where executives, founders, and managers need to rally staff, volunteers, and donors around a common cause. But...

source: Forbes

Monitoring: The key to surviving wildfires for church retreats

Perched high in Northern California’s Sierra Mountains, Camp Peaceful Pines has served more than 60 summers as a rustic retreat for those affiliated with the Pacific Southwest District of the Church of the Brethren. Generations of...

source: Church Executive

8 differences between church giving and church dues

Thom Rainer writes, "It is amazing to hear how church members view their tithes and offerings to their local churches. Though it’s cliché to say, the attitudes of their hearts reflect the nature of their contributions to the church. The attitudes in which church...

source: Church Leaders

Faith leaders call for humane treatment of immigrants

Theologians, clergy, and community organizers from across the country met at the border between Sunland Park, N.M., and Juarez, Mexico, to urge a more humane U.S. response to immigrants. The El Grito de las Fronteras (Cry from the Border) event in the El Paso area included...

source: Baptist Standard

Survey shows more pastors preach about abuse in #MeToo age

Half of Protestant pastors say they preach to their churches about domestic and sexual violence, an increase from four years ago, when only a third said they raised the issue, a new survey shows. LifeWay Research took a detailed look at Protestant clergy’s attitudes...

source: Religion News Service

Baptists feed Florence survivors, prepare for recovery

The sun began peeking through the clouds over New Bern, N.C., the morning of Sept. 18 after Hurricane Florence devastated the community. Despite the brief reprieve from rain, there are concerns flooding may worsen as water flows back to the Atlantic from farther inland.

source: Baptist Press

Eat, pray, farm: US churches turn faith lands into food

As Baltimore was convulsed by protests in 2015 over the death of a young black man in police custody, a handful of people in the eastern U.S. city started worrying about a related issue: food. Thousands of demonstrators thronged the coastal city's streets to protest the...

source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

Some churches will now offer gluten-free Communion bread

A handful of churches in South Carolina are offering their members a gluten-free option for Holy Communion. Several churches made the decision to offer the specialized bread during the Holy Eucharist for members who have celiac disease or a sensitivity to gluten.

source: New York Post

Training tells church leaders, 'think outside box' for active shooter survival

A training program for churches challenged religious leaders to think about the uncomfortable possibility of violence in their midst. But the session sponsored at Calvary Church of Naperville by Church Mutual Insurance Company...

source: Daily Herald

4 simple changes to make your foyer more welcoming

We all want guests to visit and stay at our church. Our well-produced websites, social media, and flyers...

source: By Mark MacDonald

Suicide: Churches awaken to persistent crisis

Pastor Andrew McGinnis still remembers his "solemn drive" home on June 25, 1995. Then 4 years old, McGinnis had been attending a family reunion in Tennessee with his mother and two older brothers while his father Dan, pastor of Double Springs Baptist Church in Waynesburg,...

source: Baptist Press

Florence is a reminder: Does your church have a preparation checklist for severe weather?

With Hurricane Florence churning toward the east coast, I joined county leaders and employees in an emergency planning meeting as a representative of the area’s faith community. It’s remarkable to see how emergency...

source: Baptist News Global

Hand up to hope: Local church sees surge of interest in upcoming sermon series about anxiety, depression

By Friday evening, more than 3,500 people had viewed an online video promoting GracePointe Church’s upcoming sermon series. On Sunday, the Rev. Dave Smith will preach the first of three sermons about coping with anxiety, depression, and suicide.

source: Denton Record-Chronicle

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Pastor's Facebook posts offer vital information, pastoral care to Hurricane Florence victims

Your participation is vital

7 essential types of leadership every nonprofit organization needs

Monitoring: The key to surviving wildfires for church retreats

8 differences between church giving and church dues

Faith leaders call for humane treatment of immigrants

Survey shows more pastors preach about abuse in #MeToo age

Baptists feed Florence survivors, prepare for recovery

Eat, pray, farm: US churches turn faith lands into food

Some churches will now offer gluten-free Communion bread

Training tells church leaders, 'think outside box' for active shooter survival

4 simple changes to make your foyer more welcoming

Suicide: Churches awaken to persistent crisis

Florence is a reminder: Does your church have a preparation checklist for severe weather?

Hand up to hope: Local church sees surge of interest in upcoming sermon series about anxiety, depression

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