SBC president and pastor, Johnny Hunt, is scheduled for prostate surgery today.
The surgery for Johnny Hunt for the removal of a cancerous prostate is scheduled at 11:30 a.m. Eastern time on Thursday, Jan. 7, at Northside Hospital in Atlanta, according to a spokesman for the president of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Joel Osteen leads prayer for Houston’s First openly lesbian mayor.
Annise Parker, the newly-elected happens-to-be-lesbian mayor of Houston was sworn in Monday and the opening prayer was given by … Rev. Joel Osteen…Osteen has been all over telling folks (Larry King, Whoopi Goldberg) for years that homosexuality is not “God’s best.” I presume he means “God’s best choice” because otherwise I’m lost in the dropped or implied rest of the sentence. But “God’s best” is phrase Osteen never finishes so I’m just guessing.
Leadership Journal looks at the good and bad of virtual/internet church.
The worship leader appears and greets the congregation. A woman turns to her husband and says, “I can’t hear. Would you turn it up?” He obliges, clicking his mouse to increase the volume of his laptop speakers. She gives a nod of thanks and settles in to worship. Welcome to virtual church. Recently a number of churches have made the leap beyond multi-site and satellite campuses. They have launched internet campuses, making every living room, dorm room, or coffeehouse with wi-fi an extension of the church.
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