I’m sure more than a few of us who serve as pastors took a moment to answer the Australian Census question about the chief product produced by our workplaces. Eric Landry attended Willow Creek Association’s Global Leadership Summit, and among other observations about the event, offers these thoughts about: What business is the church in? …

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Terry Johnson notes a curious contemporary phenomenon in contemporary western Christianity: It’s Sunday morning. You wake up, prepare a hot beverage, eat breakfast, and finish your morning routine. Now what? Go to church? Maybe, maybe not. Attending public worship services has become optional for a growing number of professing Christians, as has commitment to the …

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A recurring theme at mgpcpastor is trying to discourage the completely unhelpful fad of equating ‘worship’ with ‘singing’ (or the even worse habit of designating the fast songs ‘praise’ and the slow songs ‘worship’) and calling the song-leader in church the worship-leader or the worship-pastor. So this post at Catalystspace caught my eye. With tongue …

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