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Do pastors prefer preaching because they just don't like people very much?
A Barna survey may say something rather worrying about the kind of people who wind up in ministry.
Most pastors enjoy preaching â and they believe they're pretty good at it
Most US pastors believe they're excellent preachers and teachers â and for most of them, it's the part of the job they enjoy most.
It's not just the money: Five long-term threats to church as we know It
If we grasp the issues now we could become lived-out prophetic challenges to some of the worst extremes of our culture.
August 6, 1945: A prayer for Hiroshima Day
On August 6, 1945, the Little Boy atomic bomb was dropped from the US Air Force B-29 bomber Enola Gay on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
Patrick Sookhdeo found not guilty of indecent assault
Dr Patrick Sookhdeo, founder of the Barnabas Fund, has been found not guilty of indecent assault at his trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court.
Thousands of churches convert to green energy
More than 5,500 churches have switched to green energy, according to Christian Aid â including 15 Anglican cathedrals.
Police investigating suspected rape at HTB Focus Festival
The man was arrested on Wednesday and is being questioned by Hampshire Police.
Tarot, palm readings are idolatry, says Francis
Tarot cards and palm readings are idolatrous, according to Pope Francis, and should be shunned alongside other modern 'idols'.
Vatican changes teaching to oppose death penalty in all cases
The Vatican said it had changed its universal catechism, a summary of Church teaching, to reflect Pope Francis' total opposition to capital punishment.
If only church leaders grasped 5 vital truths about people retiring today
Church leaders have been valiantly spinning plates while something significant has changed around them.
'There's going to be a raid' â A Chilean prosecutor forces Catholic Church to give up secrets
The surprise sweeps, ordered by Emiliano Arias, a provincial prosecutor, marked the start of one of the most aggressive investigations ever undertaken by a judicial authority anywhere in the world
Bishop of Burnley says Leeds crisis shows 'shocking disparity' between CofE dioceses
'We are refusing to be obedient to the Scriptures â why do we think God will honour us as a Church?'
Australian church abuse victims welcome archbishop's resignation
Wilson had stepped down from his role as archbishop of Adelaide but refused to resign while he was appealing against his conviction.
Australian archbishop accused of abuse cover-up resigns
Wilson, 67, the archbishop of Adelaide, was convicted in May of failing to disclose to police abuse by a priest.
Egyptian police investigate death of Coptic bishop
Bishop Epiphanius was the head of the monastery of St Macarius in Wadi El Natrun, founded in the 4th century.
US cardinal steps down amid widening sex abuse scandal
Pope Francis on Saturday accepted the resignation of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who has been at the center of a widening sexual abuse scandal.