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Weighing in on faith and life.
B.H. Carroll faculty members, students, and those who support its mission desire to create dialog and stoke critical thinking about important topics which relate to faith and life in this world. Below are posts from diverse authors, whose views contribute to the ongoing discussion of these areas. The positions of the authors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of B.H. Carroll Theological Seminary, its faculty, and its governors.
Where Is God In the Midst of My Struggle?
Some weeks can be hard right? As far as church planting weeks, this has been one of my toughest yet. We have experienced a legal threat that will require us to change our name. We have heard the news that our lease won’t be renewed...
Carroll and the Teaching Church
I began this year participating in a worship service with The Woodlands First, a Carroll Teaching Church, near Houston, TX. Senior Pastor Dr. Bruce Webb invited me to join the church as they commissioned Larry and Meagan Key (and their...
Letters From the Incarcerated Offer Evidence of What’s Wrong in Society
I get a lot of letters from inmates, mostly friends and acquaintances I’ve known from Church Under the Bridge, Mission Waco or my neighborhood. Most are incarcerated for small, non-violent crimes, though there are some exceptions that...
No Small Calling
I invite you to imagine with me a country with a rich Christian heritage. Old church buildings dot the landscape, once filled to capacity but now home to a dozen members in one building, a couple dozen in another, perhaps a hundred in...
Dr. Adlin Cotto Leads VBS Institute Preview Conferences for Hispanic Church Leaders
For the past three weeks, Dr. Adlin Cotto, Fellow and Director of the Master’s Degree and Hispanic Studies Programs at Carroll Institute, has been involved with the National Vacation Bible School Institute and Preview Events through...
The Credit
In any ministry, we can be tempted to take credit for the successes we encounter. This is especially true in a new church plant. After all, we were part of the ‘Genesis’ of the work. When I am tempted to take credit I am reminded of...
Giving What We’ve Got
Church Planting may take you to a new area where you know few people and have limited experience/scope to guide you. This has been my experience. That has pushed me back to the Church Planting documentation in the book of Acts. In Acts...
What Should a New Church Plant Look Like?
Growing up in the Bible-Belt of Arkansas, I had seen very traditional ways that church was done. Those ways had been comfortable for me and many others. As I served in churches, I saw slightly different expressions of ‘church life’ but...
What’s the Message?
Ok, what does a church planter do once they have an audience? Preparing a message gets mixed reviews with many ministry leaders. Some love it and others loathe it. The difference is in the stress level that arises over direction. We...
Connections in Church Planting
How would we reach people in this new church plant? Where would they come from? What would be the best way to communicate God’s Love to them? As we look into the Scriptures we see God timing the launch of The Church with a cultural...