This open letter to worship pastors/leaders is on behalf of the 350,000 preachers out there who serve alongside you every weekend. In case you didn’t read last week’s letter to Discipleship/Ed pastors, these are staff letters of appreciation, not rebuke:
In a groundbreaking new book, Amazon top-selling author David Jeffers is honored to announce the release of “Overcoming Grief: Comforting Others with the Comfort We Have Received.”
Thousands of atheists attending the Reason Rally 2016 at Washington Mall on June 4 will be greeted with a Subway gift card and a free book. The gifts are courtesy of best-selling author and cohost of the award-winning “The Way of the Master” TV show, Ray Comfort.
Along with her husband, Bishop Raymond Hall, Pastor Arlene O. Hall founded the Deliverance Temple Worship Center in 1999. Built on the pillars of consistent prayer and Spirit-filled worship, Pastor Hall has innovated new ministry strategies that keep the church on the cutting edge. Her church leaders are well-versed in logic models and measurement tools for ministry. “Outcomes,” she says, “are simply the fruit of the ministry. It’s not a “corporate” thing; it is what Jesus requires. Every ministry should know whether it is producing fruit for the Kingdom. If it is not, we know what area we have to address.”
The ongoing and unprecedented #BoycottTarget pledge from the American Family Association (AFA, www.afa.net) has reached a staggering one million signatures, just a week after AFA first alerted consumers of Target’s controversial bathroom policy.
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam recently signed Senate Bill 1556, which prevents counselors and therapists from being forced to counsel in a manner that conflicts with their orthodox religious beliefs provided they refer to another counselor or therapist.
