a word from the pastor

The Office of Pastor

This summer the Southern Baptist Convention upheld their doctrinal statement, the Baptist Faith and Message, by refusing to allow cooperating churches to ordain women pastors. In the last year, a rather significant move was made to change that stance, but it failed to pass last month at the annua...
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The Truth About Gender

The great divide between people on either side of the transgender debate is conflicting authority. The current secular worldview and the Christian worldview are polar opposites in terms of authority. Ultimately, the heart of the issue is who has the right to tell me what is right or wrong, or how...
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Gender Spaces within the Church

In a New York Times article, Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant reported that women who speak out in professional settings are “walking a tightrope.” According to their research, when a woman speaks, “Either she’s barely heard, or she’s judged as too aggressive. When a man says virtually the same thi...
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