Jim Daly, President of Focus on the Family recently made some interesting comments while being interviewed for NPR: You know, when we look at same-sex marriage or gay relationships, it’s just one of the many things that are outside of God’s design for human sexuality. There is no animus toward the individual, and that’s one of the – I think one of the great tragedies of our time is we’ve set this up as some [...]

What would you do if your church were broken into? Pastor Mike Jankowski of Lamb’s Chapel in Center Moriches, New York asked his congregation to bring the culprit back to their church: When that happened six weeks ago, the next Sunday, I got up in front of the congregation in both of our services and I just said, ‘listen, whoever did this obviously is in a bad place. Let’s pray that God would bring this person [...]

What does $273 buy you? According to Dr. Todd Coontz, $273 will get you a “Breakthrough Seed” that allows you to “Expect supernatural change within 90 days.” Dr. Coontz is a televangelist, of the prosperity gospel persuasion, based out of Charlotte. A recent story from a Charlotte television station reveals the significance of the $273 seed, as well as the lifestyle of Todd Coontz. In this edition of the Ministry Briefing Video Podcast, we discuss our thoughts [...]

From a story covered in April’s Ministry Briefing Digest: CJ Mahaney seems to have become a bit of a lightning rod of late. The founder of Sovereign Grace Ministries has been through the wringer of late, as SGM is embroiled in turmoil with churches leaving, and an ongoing child sexual abuse lawsuit. Piling on top of all this is SGM co-founder Brent Detwiler calling on the Southern Baptist Convention leadership to distance themselves from Mahaney until the [...]

Do you have Facebook on your smartphone? How often do you check it? In a recent study commissioned by Facebook, smartphone users were found to be checking the social network an average of 14 times a day. The study also found that 79% of smartphone users use their phones within fifteen minutes of waking up while 62% grab their phone immediately upon waking. With this in mind, we ask the question: how are churches leveraging Facebook for the [...]

So often in the church world we get into trouble by making agreements that are intended to work one way, but are not worded in a way that backs up that intention. This seems to be the case at a church in Cocoa, Florida where a church and it’s former pastor are at loggerheads over the pastor’s use of the church’s parsonage. In a story we covered in just released April edition of Ministry Briefing, we discuss [...]

This morning the newest edition of Ministry Briefing went on sale. I am pretty excited by this project that Todd Rhoades and I launched at the beginning of the year. I am also pretty excited about a promo that Todd and I are running this month where we are giving away a free Acer Chromebook… but more on that later. The Pitch Each month, we sift through thousands of articles, blog posts, and studies and summarize those that [...]

Way back in January we began work on a project called Ministry Briefing. If you have been watching these videos, you are familiar with the first part of that project… but you may not know about the other piece. Each month we release an ebook filled with information church leaders need. Today, we take a look at why we are so excited about Ministry Briefing, and give new yearly subscribers a chance to win an Acer Chromebook. [...]

Update: Keller has clarified his stance here. As the country engages in a public debate over same-sex marriage, leaders of the evangelical community are constantly being peppered with questions about their positions, and the reasoning behind them. In a recent conversation at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Tim Keller was asked about his take: There’s a tendency to say, where are evangelicals going? I think they’re going to look more and more politically, actually, [...]

A Birmingham church recently launched a billboard campaign that is causing quite the stir. Located next to a strip club, the billboard says “Strip for me  -Jesus.” Attributing the quote to Hebrews 12:1 (NLT), Pastor Mike McClure Jr. explains the purchase saying: We strategically picked the strip club because we want the brothers who are walking in…to know God has a greater cause for your life McClure went on to say that there are several [...]