Moral issues
September 18, 2019 | by Frank Tunstall | Moral issues, Persecution of Christians, Public Schools
https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2019/september/duke-university-young-life-voted-off-campus.html Another university objects to the ministry’s sexuality policy. BY: YONAT SHIMRON – RELIGION NEWS SERVICE SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 Duke University’s student government has denied the Christian organization Young Life official status as a student group on campus, citing its policy on sexuality. The decision by the Duke Student Government Senate on Wednesday comes amid […]
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September 18, 2019 | by Guest Authors | Church Discipline, Church Legal Issues, Counseling, Family Enrichment, Moral issues, Sexual Abuse, Shared Articles
www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/september-web-only/megachurch-mass-wedding-cohabitation-pastor-bryan-carter.html INTERVIEW BY MARIA BAER As cohabitation continues to rise and more research details the instability of the arrangement for families, churches that champion marriage inevitably have to grapple with the issue. In a 2011 survey, more than half of Protestant pastors said they would marry couples who had been living together. Leaders at churches […]
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August 22, 2019 | by Guest Authors | Christian Workers, Church Legal Issues, Civil Disobedience, Finances, Moral issues, Sexual Abuse, Shared Articles
https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2019/august/billy-graham-rule-sheriff-north-carolina-lawsuit.html? A North Carolina sheriff’s deputy sues his former employer for religious discrimination after it wouldn’t accommodate his request to not train a female officer one-on-one. By: David Roach A former North Carolina sheriff’s deputy may be the first to file a lawsuit alleging he faced discrimination for his commitment to the “Billy Graham Rule.” […]
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May 14, 2019 | by Frank Tunstall | Church Growth, Evangelism, Family Enrichment, Holy Spirit, Moral issues, Pastoral Development, Prayer and Intercession, Shared Articles
By: Frank G. Tunstall The pastors of fourteen congregations of different faith groups in Cooke County in Northern Texas joined together in Gainesville, Texas on May 2 to participate for the first time ever in the National Day of Prayer. Gainesville is the county seat and the home of Hope Connection IPHC, a Heartland […]
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February 23, 2019 | by Frank Tunstall | Church Discipline, Church Legal Issues, Moral issues, Pastoral Development, Sexual Abuse, Shared Articles
www.snapnetwork.org/abuse of faith_feb19 Debbie Vasquez at 14 By: SNAP Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests February 19, 2019 SNAP is the largest, oldest and most active support group for women and men wounded by religious and institutional authorities (priests, ministers, bishops, deacons, nuns, coaches, teachers, and others). She was 14, she said, when she […]
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February 23, 2019 | by Frank Tunstall | Christian Workers, Church Discipline, Church Legal Issues, Emotional healing, Moral issues, Pastoral Development, Sexual Abuse, Shared Articles
https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2019/february/southern-baptist-abuse-investigation-houston-chronicle-sbc.html I have absolutely no desire to gloat over what our Southern Baptist friends are walking through; instead, I hurt with them. My goal with this blog is hopefully to warn us all, sharing what is now public information. I lived through a sexual abuse lawsuit in my tenure as a conference bishop when a Christian Day School […]
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November 16, 2018 | by Frank Tunstall | Church Growth, Evangelism, Family Enrichment, Historical Study, Holy Spirit, Moral issues, Pastoral Development, Persecution of Christians, Prophecy, Scriptures
By: Frank Tunstall, D. Min. “All the believers were one in heart and mind,” recorded Dr. Luke (Luke 4:32). The lame man at the gate called Beautiful had been healed the day before. Shortly after the miracle, Peter and John had been arrested by the temple police and held overnight. The next morning at their […]
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November 1, 2018 | by Guest Authors | Church Legal Issues, Civil Disobedience, Evangelism, Moral issues, Persecution of Christians, Prayer and Intercession, Shared Articles
https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2018/november/what-to-do-about-persecution-in-china.html?share=56xKkXi%2fdTPQjQCm3LBm6NPogOGXW4vm The [Chinese] government is removing crosses from their steeples and replacing them with the national flag. Inside, the crosses are being replaced with pictures of President Xi. Congregations must sing patriotic songs in worship. Parents can’t bring their children to church. CHINA CRACKS DOWN – AGAIN By: Mark Galli The tanks don’t always […]
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September 6, 2018 | by Guest Authors | Apologetics, Emotional healing, Family Enrichment, Moral issues, Pastoral Development, Shared Articles
ChristianityToday.com/ct/2018/september/jackie-hill-perry-gay-girl-good-god.html BY: Jackie Hill Perry How an epiphany about the wages of my sin opened the door for His cleansing light. I loved my girlfriend too much not to be appalled at the prospect of laying aside not only the way I loved but also who I loved. To do what I assumed God […]
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August 16, 2018 | by Guest Authors | Christian Workers, Church Discipline, Church Legal Issues, Emotional healing, Moral issues, Pastoral Development, Sexual Abuse, Shared Articles
https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2018/august/willow-creek-bill-hybels-heather-larson-elders-resign In sharing this story, I have no desire to sensationalize, or to celebrate the pain of Willow Creek Church or its founding pastor. In addition, everything in this article is now public information. My motive is sincerely to warn. I am convinced the devil’s first strategy is to get a pastor into a trap. His next […]
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