Zach W. Lambert, the pastor of Restore Austin (Texas), said in a social media post on Thursday that he went with friends to the conference at Stanley’s North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Ga., and liked what he heard.
Zach W. Lambert, the pastor of Restore Austin (Texas), said in a social media post on Thursday that he went with friends to the conference at Stanley’s North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Ga., and liked what he heard.
The uproar amongst Christian Evalgeliests continues after Andy Stanley's sermon.
Ultimately, saving lives and restoring relationships sounds good.
The North Point pastor revealed that his church hosts a quarterly event for parents of LGBT-identifying children and teens.
“You shouldn't be criticizing us. You should come and learn from us,” he said, addressing critics. “
The most important step we can take in helping people come to accept Christ as their savior is to live a life that draws people to him.
Maintaining such a witness doesn’t mean achieving perfection that is, ultimately, impossible on this side of heaven, but there are steps each of us can take that could help and blind spots we must address.
Take social media, for example. We may like, share, and post content with little thought to how it might impact the way other people see us. The truth, however, is that our digital persona is often the primary expression of who we are for most of the people we know. After all, how many magnitudes more friends do you have on Facebook than you interact with in real life?
To better understand the impact of your digital profile, ask a friend or family member to spend a few minutes going through your Facebook page, X (Twitter) feed, or other social media as if you were a stranger to them. Then, ask for an honest assessment of how they would characterize the person whose content they’d just read.
An upcoming conference hosted by Andy Stanley’s church for ministry leaders and parents of LGBTQ children is being called a “clear and tragic departure from Biblical Christianity” by a prominent evangelical leader, who says the lineup of speakers reveals the event’s theological position.
Pastor and author Andy Stanley is receiving both praise and criticism after a sermon he preached saying that gay people who attend church "have more faith than I do."
Georgia pastor Andy Stanley chastised state legislators and modern politics in general during a Tuesday speech to the House of Representatives in which he urged them to follow the example of Jesus and to stop stoking division.
Pastor Andy Stanley recently opened up in a sermon about how he previously struggled with a "broken" relationship with his father, evangelist Charles Stanley.