Faith

(New York Post) A Virginia school district has agreed to permanently reinstate a physical education teacher who had been suspended for refusing to refer to transgender students by their preferred pronouns. “Just today, the court issued a final order permanently prohibiting the Loudoun County Public School Board from punishing me for freely expressing my views,” Byron … [Read more...] about Virginia School Board Settles With Teacher Who Won’t Use Kids’ Preferred Pronouns

(ChurchLeaders) We’re all familiar with how social media divides us. But Twitter served a different purpose Monday when user Rachel Joy Welcher asked her followers to share their stories of how they came to trust in Jesus.  “I never grew up in the church and was 18 years old in my first few weeks of Freshman year of college drowning myself in parties, booze, and … [Read more...] about ‘What’s Your Story?’ People on Twitter Share How Jesus Saved Them

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) At the end of this year, Dhati Lewis, president of the North American Mission Board’s (NAMB) church planting arm, Send Network, will transition from his position to devote himself to launching BLVD (“Boulevard”), an initiative to empower disciple-makers serving majority-minority, multiethnic communities. Driven by his personal vision to “be the last … [Read more...] about Send Network’s Dhati Lewis Leaving NAMB for New Project

(ChurchLeaders) Laura Lentz took to Instagram to share about her emotional journey over the past year, revealing that she has experienced anxiety and PTSD in the wake of the scandals surrounding her husband Carl Lentz, who is the former pastor of Hillsong East Coast.  Carl was fired by Hillsong in November 2020 for “leadership issues and breaches of trust, plus a recent … [Read more...] about Laura Lentz, Wife of Former Hillsong Pastor Carl Lentz, Shares Her Experiences With Anxiety, PTSD

(ChurchLeaders) You don’t often hear people talk about the importance of “genius” to the Christian faith. But in a recent interview on the Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast, pastor and author Erwin McManus shared how understanding the quality of genius—especially the genius of Jesus—has more fully revealed the nature of God to him. “If there’s any expression of genius in the … [Read more...] about How Human Genius Reveals Our Broken Relationship With God—Erwin McManus Explains