Developing an Effective Child Protection Policy (Part 2)
Originally published the Jan/Feb 2012 edition of FrontLine. Part 2 of 2 – see here for Part 1. Recap from Part 1: Every church or other ministry ought to adopt a policy to help prevent child sexual...
View Article“Dad, We Need to Talk”
Originally published in the Jan/Feb 2012 edition of FrontLine. by A Concerned Pastor and Father Please note that gender usage in reference to the victim is neutral throughout the article. “Dad, we...
View ArticleA Checklist for Choosing a Good Local Church
by Jim Hollandsworth How should one go about choosing a good local church? Apart from a recommendation by a trusted pastor or friend, the process can be daunting, especially in this age of apostasy and...
View ArticlePreventing Abuse in the Church
Linda Hull Recent events regarding sexual abuse within the Catholic Church remind us that sexual abuse can happen anywhere—at any time—to anyone—but the most vulnerable are women and children. [Note:...
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Marriage Policy for the First Baptist Church of Troy
FBCTroy, Pastor Mike Harding Pastor Mike Harding of First Baptist Church of Troy, Michigan, offers a recently approved statement on marriage which was adopted by his church. We offer it here in light...
View ArticleSunday school vs. Small Groups
Don Johnson A recent blog opened with this shocking statement (shocking to some, at least): This fall we are going to do something that will seem crazy to many. We are going from a small group model to...
View ArticleP&D Best Of: A Look Back at Child Protection
A Christmas day shock hit my town with this story of a terrible murder of two lovely little girls, apparently committed by their father. An op-ed points out several similar tragedies in other...
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Is Tent-Making the Biblical Norm?
Some well-meaning believers promote tent-making as the preferred biblical pattern for pastors today. By “tent-making,” I am referring to an approach to pastoral ministry in which a pastor works a...
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Small Church Financial Stewardship
Last Sunday was our church’s Annual General Meeting. We always look forward to this meeting because, for us, it’s been a discipleship tool and a time of “body-building” among our members (the “church...
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How Valuable Is Children’s Ministry?
Here’s a statement that will probably make most pastors and church members pause: Children’s ministry may be the most important ministry of your church. D.L. Moody once said, “If I could relive my...
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