via bcnn1.com Zachery Tims’ story had a great beginning. As a young man he met Jesus and was saved from a life of crime and drugs.

By the time the new North Hills Baptist Church opens Sunday , Pastor Jeremy Van Delinder will have enlisted dozens of volunteers and founding coaches from his former church in Florida to help get the word out. Like most church starters , he has knocked on

Several years ago, I spent several hours/week doing research (and meeting with other pastors) about pastoral health and vitality for my denomination. I chose to spend some time doing that for selfish reasons. I was and am still learning how to take better care of myself in ministry (as evidenced by the scary picture below) […]

Religious pollster George Barna has come out with his annual report on the state of the church. In my view, it is less a report on Christianity as the epitaph of cheap grace. Cheap grace was coined by the late Dietrich

Several Houston-area Southern Baptist pastors are among the signers of a declaration calling for secure borders and a compassionate and just overhaul of the federal immigration system. The Houston-based U.S. Pastor Council’s “Pastor

A new study suggests pastors neglect their own health because they’re so busy tending to other people’s

The American clergy is suffering from burnout, several new studies show. And part of the problem, as researchers have observed, is that pastors work too much. SOURCE: The New York Times G. Jeffrey MacDonald

A group of black pastors is looking to spread biblical teaching and quash the prosperity gospel teachings that have been proliferating in their churches.

Written by Noelle Sewell <img src="http://praisehouston.com/files/2009/11/domestic-violence.jpg" alt="domestic-violence" width="426" height="282" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-123871" /> Via: <a href="http://www.dasouth.com/features/columns/2169-tackling-domestic-violence-in-the-church">Dasouth.com</a> Surprised? Not!! As the commemoration of Domestic Violence Awareness Month comes to a close I thought that it would helpful for people to understand why many pastors do not want to talk about this issue with their congregations. I can give at least four reasons why they don’t want to address it.