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Pensée #5: Stanley Hauerwas on the System vs. the Kingdom

5 Myths About Why Young Adults Drop Out of Church

The Barna group recently shared some of their findings from five years of research into the real reasons why young adults are dropping out of the church.  The article is well worth a read for anyone but especially for parents, pastors, youth ministers, and campus ministers.  Barna identifies 5 common myths about why young people … Continue reading »

On the Vacuity of the “The Local Church” Mantra: Apologia pro vita sua

Since coming on staff with InterVarsity I have run into it again and again: How does your ministry fit with that of the local church?  Aren’t you undermining the efforts of the local church?  Aren’t you doing the work that the local church should be doing?  What differentiates your ministry from that of the local … Continue reading »

The Situation in the Anglican Churches in America and the Primate Crisis

As many of you know, I have trotted down the Canterbury trail into the Anglican fold since my time at Westminster.  By and large, that move had more to do with my own theology and spirituality than with anything else.  But there is a tincture of irony in my departure from the conflict-ridden narrow (not … Continue reading »