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• This is what Christianity looks like in Zimbabwe

  Fellowship naturally flows from the Christians in Zimbabwe in a way I have never seen. Fellowship is not an afterthought, it is a priority above most else, and the Zimbabwean culture reflects God’s original plan for fellowship.

• For pastors depressed, suicidal, and the parishioners bewildered by them

  Although I’m no expert in the mental health field, I can speak from my own experience and say that being a pastor can be the hardest job in the world. It’s tough, really tough, and it can take you down a black rabbit hole.

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  Report projects 35 million youth to leave Christianity by 2050; Greg Stier responds

  With 35 million youths raised in Christian families projected to disaffiliate from Christianity by the year 2050, youth ministry leader Greg Stier believes churches can't settle for simply slowing down the bleeding.

• No easy answers to the problem of suffering

  It is one thing to give a theoretical answer to the problem of suffering that is intellectually satisfying. It is another to look into the face of a sufferer and give that same answer. It will likely be anything but satisfying.

• Churches teaching suicide prevention, correct theology on damnation as nearly 800K take lives annually

  It was about 1974 while serving as a military chaplain when Bill Graham, visitation pastor at First Baptist Clarksville Church in Tennessee, had his first brush with suicide.

• The right way to disagree with spiritual elders

  Unfortunately, today, there is a plague of disrespect in our society at large for our elders, and as a culture, we have largely lost sight of what it means to honor others. And that plague has run rampant in the Church, especially on the internet.

• What if most of your church members don't live in the community?

  Simply stated, you can’t expect the community to come to your church if your members don’t live in the community.