Collegiate missionaries can continue evangelizing in Chicago park, for now Wheaton College students returned to Chicago’s Millennial Park last week to share the gospel for the first time since they were told to stop preaching in the park in December 2018. A judge ruled Feb. 20 that the students can preach and distribute literature in […]
Midwest Leadership Summit: Becoming ambassadors for racial reconciliation
“We’re not always going to get it right. “But when we get it wrong, call it out,” said Casey Merrifield at the Midwest Leadership Summit in Springfield Jan. 21-23. “Own it.” Merrifield, a leadership consultant and Lifeway Women’s trainer, encouraged Midwest leaders to be advocates for racial reconciliation in increasingly divided times. “This is an […]
U.S. House votes to revive Equal Rights Amendment
Lawmakers drop deadline for controversial amendment The U.S. House of Representatives voted largely along party lines to remove the deadline set by Congress in 1972 for the Equal Rights Amendment, which says “equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of […]
Midwest Leadership Summit: Churches urged to reach the next generation
“College students still think they can change the world.” That’s part of what makes campuses such strategic mission fields, collegiate ministry leaders said at the Midwest Leadership Summit in Springfield Jan. 21-23. Many students are at the beginning of what one sociologist has called “the defining decade.” Young people in their 20s want to make […]
What pastors worry about
Half cite reaching young people, inconsistent evangelism as top concerns Barna found 51% of American pastors see reaching a younger audience is a major concern facing their church, followed closely by declining or inconsistent outreach and evangelism. The findings are part of Barna’s 2020 State of the Church report. When asked to rate issues facing […]
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