I feel like a new daddy again tonight as I hold my long anticipated (but too frequently edited) book that has arrived from the printer. The desire for perfection and the conflicting desire to get it in your hands have finally converged and The Church At Work: A manual for excellent church-agency relations has been [...]
A rose by any other name…
I surveyed over 500 pastors and executive directors of Christian ministries a while ago (here are the results) and discovered there is a concensus that how we refer to non-local church Christian ministries is a problem. Both pastors and executive directors objected to calling non-denominational ministries “parachurch” because para means alongside (hence outside). They see unaffiliated ministry [...]
Rev. John Pellowe, MBA, DMin
