Preacher and Gospel hip-hop artist Legin promotes counseling in virtual concert series
NORFOLK, Va. (BP) -- Southern Baptist preacher, influencer and Gospel hip-hop artist Nigel "Legin" Anderson was just entering counseling to deal with the decades-long pain of having lived without a father's love when his grandmother died, COVID-19 hit and the nation began reeling over racial division.
FIRST-PERSON: 3 reasons pastors avoid counseling when they need it
NASHVILLE (BP) – “Too fast!” my wife Lynley screamed as I drove down a steep hill caked in snow. The vehicle picked up speed like a roller coaster on first fall.
Carman, Christian music icon and Gospel Music Hall of Famer, dies at 65
LAS VEGAS (RNS) — Carman Dominic Licciardello, a Christian music legend known simply by his first name, has died.
Pandemic division causing pastors to leave ministry, pastoral mentor says
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) – Brian Croft jokes that masks are the new "color of the carpet argument" in churches, with similarly poor outcomes. Pastors are resigning from the stress "kind of in a way I've never really seen."
FIRST-PERSON: Jesus loves you, Tom Brady
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP) – One of my favorite bands from high school, Christian alt-rock supergroup The Lost Dogs, had a song on one of their albums titled “Jesus Loves You, Brian Wilson.”
Pastors express ‘decision fatigue’, ‘ministerial frustration’ as COVID-19 pandemic lingers
LEXINGTON, Tenn. (BP) – For the second time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Rock Hill Baptist Church in rural west Tennessee was resuming onsite worship. Then, Pastor Richard Bray was exposed to the virus and the church had to transition once again to remote worship while Bray waited weeks for his test results.
Church’s tech investment helps weather COVID, prepare for the future
CROFTON, Md. (BP) – In January of last year Keith Hinton, executive pastor at First Baptist Church Crofton, spoke with a friend at another church in town. Both oversaw the technology of their respective congregations and concerns over the coronavirus had introduced a question: How would we have church … if we can’t have church?
‘Way Maker’ top 2020 worship song
BELLINGHAM, Wash. (BP) – "Way Maker" was the top worship song in 2020 as churches sought comfort in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, based on Faithlife's report of more than 2.2 million uses of its Proclaim software.
Gospel hymn DVD outreach takes church to dementia patients
MORRISTOWN, Tenn. (BP) – Gospel singer Gerald Wolfe was visiting his father, who was suffering from Parkinson's disease dementia at a care facility, when a guitarist playing "In the Sweet By and By" struck a chord of memory among patients there.
Bible Study: God sees, knows and cares when we’re depressed
In our moments of despair and depression, we may feel no one sees or cares; but God sees, knows and cares. God will set us free from the tight space of depressing thoughts and bring us to a spacious place.