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By Vicki Brown, Word & Way
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Sunday, September 11, 2011 |
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"Why aren't you married yet?" "When are you going to settle down?" "Why can't a pretty girl (or handsome guy) like you find a husband (or wife)?" Societal and church changes in attitudes about single adults are helping congregations begin to see the need for ministry to them.
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By Norman Jameson, Associated Baptist Press
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Sunday, September 11, 2011 |
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"Singles" are not monolithic but fall across every age range and life spectrum. They are never married divorced, separated and widowed. And they come in all ages, from very young adults just out of high school to senior adults who have lost a spouse after 50 years together.
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By Vicki Brown, Word & Way
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Sunday, September 11, 2011 |
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Single adults make up more than 40 percent of the U.S. population, according to some studies, and Dennis Franck believes church members just need to open their eyes to see them.
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By Lindsay Bergstrom, Associated Baptist Press
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Sunday, September 11, 2011 |
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Anita Snell never dreamed she would be one of nearly 700,000 women who lose their husbands each year. But in October 2007, the unthinkable happened. Snell became part of that statistic when her pastor husband, Jack, died from pancreatic cancer.
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By Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011 |
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Pop quiz: Who said “We often suffer, but we are never crushed. Even when we don't know what to do, we never give up”?
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By G. Jeffrey MacDonald, Religion News Service
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011 |
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WENHAM, Mass. (RNS) -- For the past decade, new Gordon College president D. Michael Lindsay has been living the very phenomenon he’s studied in depth: evangelicals climbing the ranks of secular institutions and becoming American elites.
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By Vicki Brown, Word & Way
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Monday, August 29, 2011 |
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In an uncertain economy, how do Christians reconcile work as a reflection of the image of God in them with high unemployment? Should believers reexamine what defines "meaningful" work? How do Christians reconcile faith issues in the face of unemployment?
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By Vicki Brown, Word & Way
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Monday, August 29, 2011 |
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When people are in trouble following natural disasters, churches respond rapidly and generously. The disaster of chronic unemployment creates different challenges, but some churches are providing models of ministry to people affected by economic instability.
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