Bonuses, Salary Trends Discovered in Groundbreaking Survey

Leadership Network, in conjunction with Vanderbloemen Search Group, has just released the 2016 edition of its widely popular large-church salary report. Titled “12 Salary Trends Every Church Leader Should Know: 2016 Large Church Salary Study” authored by Warren Bird, Ph.D., the report offers the most comprehensive, cross-denominational financial perspective ever amassed about large churches in North America. Available at leadnet.org/salary.

Stamping Out Discouragement in Ministry

A seasoned minister offers guidance on dealing with a common fact among church leaders.

Does College Life Destroy One’s Faith Life?

The modern university campus is no place for a believer. Far from the watchful eye of faithful parents, lost among a million to-do’s, surrounded by dormmates and classmates of different faiths or no faith at all, college students are pretty much set-up to become a statistic of those who “have left the church in college.” But it doesn’t have to be this way. Harvard graduate, Rhodes Scholar and now author Aurora Griffin shares forty practical tips on how prospective and current college students can keep their faith in college in her debut book, “How I Stayed Catholic at Harvard.”

Opening Address from International Executive Council to be Livestreamed

Cleveland, TN–The 2016-2018 edition of the Church of God International Executive Council will convene for the first time since the group was elected at the International General Assembly last July. The meeting is set to begin on Tuesday, September 27 at 9:00 a.m. and for the first time in the history of the Council meeting, the general overseer’s opening address will be streamed live on the Church of God website at www.churchofgod.org.

Hall Elected President of Black Ministerial Alliance

Reverend Arlene O. Hall, an ordained minister in the Church of God, has been elected to the presidency of the Boston Black Ministerial Alliance.

New Self-Guided Tour of the Bible

Skeptics of the Bible’s reliability take another hit when an ancient charred scroll reaffirms the accuracy of Bible translations. The University of Kentucky has recently announced its ability to read an ancient burnt parchment found nearly half a century ago on the western shore of the Dead Sea using advanced computer technology. Not only does this fragment appear to be identical to the Masoretic text of the Hebrew Bible; it is 2,000 years older. Why do discoveries like this matter?

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