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Instead of flashy religiosity, Tim Wakefield had a privately influential faith. With the regular season over and playoffs beginning today, the baseball world is honoring retiring Tigers hitter Miguel Cabrera and Guardians manager Terry Francona, while mourning the deaths of Orioles great Brooks Robinson and beloved Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield. Wakefield had a long…
When the East German government collapsed, the evangelical minister welcomed Erich Honecker into his home for 10 weeks. For Uwe Holmer, the question wasn’t simple. But it was clear. Did he believe what Jesus said? The East German dictator Erich Honecker was asking for his help. Honecker had long been an enemy of the church,…
The pandemic revealed spiritual immaturity, simmering polarization, and unexpected resiliency. The pandemic was a crucible that revealed underlying political and personal anxieties, as well as congregational strengths and weaknesses in many churches. COVID-19 stripped away the familiar and became The Great Revealer for church leaders. Consequently, it enabled leaders to learn important lessons about their…
To survive COVID-19, leaders were forced to adapt at a relentless and unpredictable pace. The declaration of a worldwide pandemic in March 2020 and the cascade of health policies that followed forced pastors and congregations to rapidly respond. Because no churches wrote “close our doors” in their three-year goals, everyone had to learn quickly and…
Each had unique translation philosophies, diction preferences, and intended audiences in mind, frameworks that informed how they approached their all-consuming work. In the early morning of August 1, 1895, a brutal incident occurred in Fujian province, China. Hundreds of rioters ambushed a group of foreign Christian missionaries who were vacationing in the mountains, resulting in…
Sarah Feinberg said she had the responsibility to do the right thing when she discovered fraud at her government contractor employer. Sarah Feinberg was a Marine Corps combat veteran, a Wharton Business School graduate, and a Christian mother of three when she left her job at one of the country’s biggest defense contractors—and filed a…
The pandemic revealed spiritual immaturity, simmering polarization, and unexpected resiliency. The pandemic was a crucible that revealed underlying political and personal anxieties, as well as congregational strengths and weaknesses in many churches. COVID-19 stripped away the familiar and became The Great Revealer for church leaders. Consequently, it enabled leaders to learn important lessons about their…
To survive COVID-19, leaders were forced to adapt at a relentless and unpredictable pace. The declaration of a worldwide pandemic in March 2020 and the cascade of health policies that followed forced pastors and congregations to rapidly respond. Because no churches wrote “close our doors” in their three-year goals, everyone had to learn quickly and…
Azerbaijani offensive shatters 33-year effort at nation-building, depopulating majority of enclave from fear of genocide. Despite depression, Bible Society leader says, “God will not abandon us.” Suddenly, more than 80 percent of people in Nagorno-Karabakh have fled. Last week the unrecognized Armenian republic, called “Artsakh” by its 120,000 residents, suffered an invasion by Azerbaijan, which is recognized internationally…
Azerbaijani offensive shatters 33-year effort at nation-building, depopulating majority of enclave from fear of genocide. Despite depression, Bible Society leader says, “God will not abandon us.” Suddenly, more than 80 percent of people in Nagorno-Karabakh have fled. Last week the unrecognized Armenian republic, called “Artsakh” by its 120,000 residents, suffered an invasion by Azerbaijan, which is recognized internationally…