Why Did An Area Pastor Hang Himself? I was grieved recently when I read that the a local pastor in our area congregation committed suicide, leaving behind a wife and two young children. The police pronounced him dead by hanging in his home at 8:45 pm one evening. The newspaper said that the members of [...]
Can I Baptize Myself? Question to O. A.: I'm shy in crowds and I don't attend a church anywhere. But I was watching a Christian TV show recently, and prayed to become a Christian. Now I feel a desire to be baptized. Can I baptize myself in the privacy of my home? L. B., Alberta, [...]
Are The Denominations In Trouble? In recent years, news outlets have been asking, "Where have all the Christians gone?"[1. Bruce Feiler, FoxNews.com, September 25, 2009.] National polls show that an estimated 2,000,000 Christians are dropping out of the Christian denominations annually and, because of that, an estimated 4,000 Christian buildings are closing each year, and [...]
Will "Going Digital" Help The Denominations? I read an article this week that said the Christian denominations are starting to encourage their members to tweet, text, email, and surf the Internet during worship services.[1. News & Record (Greensboro, NC), June 29, 2014, A4.] The article said that one pastor announces from his pulpit at the [...]
Why Did They Protect A Child Molester? A pastor in the Washington, DC area recently admitted to a judge in court that he and his staff had protected a child molester on their team for three years.[1. The Christian Post (Washington, DC), May 16, 2014, page 11.] When the police started an investigation of accusations [...]