2015-06-10T14:47:52-05:00

Last updated on: June 10, 2015 at 2:47 pm   By

If you’re a pastor or church leader, you undoubtedly have competing interests and voices vying for your attention, especially when you’re deciding what your church will do (or not do)–and how.  With all these things to balance, how can you tell if your church’s vision is still tied to God’s mission? Or if your choices and actions align with your intentions? This month, one the Theology of Work Project’s (TOW) steering committee members reminded us of the pressure that pastors and church leaders... Read more

2015-08-23T21:14:02-05:00

Last updated on: August 23, 2015 at 9:14 pm   By

Many pastors who want to help their congregations integrate faith and work are not sure where to start. To help you get your creative juices flowing, we’ve collected some practical ideas that can be implemented at your church on Sunday morning. Churches attempting to address the Sunday-Monday divide have done everything from simple changes in the weekly benediction to starting faith and work centers. Our examples come from a broad base of  churches that are already helping their congregations integrate faith and... Read more

2015-11-10T00:07:33-05:00

Last updated on: November 10, 2015 at 12:07 am   By

Pastors considering how to help church members integrate faith and work can face numerous challenges. The journey can feel arduous – full of false starts and stutters – as well as rewarding. The Imagine Church Project at the London Institute of Contemporary Christianity suggests a six-step approach to implementing change. 1) Cast a vision for whole-life discipleship. James Collins, author of Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies emphasized that thriving organizations have core values and a core purpose. Even... Read more

2015-06-10T14:51:38-05:00

Last updated on: June 10, 2015 at 2:51 pm   By

For our “Equipping Pastors” series this summer, we dug up this oldie but goodie from the Colson Center. In less than four minutes, Chuck Colson explains why our everyday work matters. He encourages pastors to reclaim work for God’s purposes by reclaiming a theology of work. Starting with Genesis, we see that human beings are made in the image of God. If God is a worker, and we’re made in His image, then we too have a desire to create... Read more

2015-07-23T12:51:59-05:00

Last updated on: July 23, 2015 at 12:51 pm   By

If you’re a pastor, you’ve likely fielded parishioner questions about work-related topics such as calling, ethics and evangelism. How do I know what job God is calling me to? How do I talk to my co-workers about Jesus? How can I stand up to my boss if s/he demands me to cheat? Many pastors recognize the need to equip believers for ministry outside the walls of the church, especially in the workplace. But pastors and leaders attempting to address the... Read more

2015-06-10T14:52:41-05:00

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For the rest of the summer, the Theology of Work Project blog will explore the call of the church – and pastors in particular – to equip Christians in their everyday work. We will provide practical resources for the challenges pastors face in their mission to address the intersection of faith, work and calling. The Call for Pastors to Equip the Called Ephesians 4:11-13 The gifts he gave were that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors... Read more

2014-07-14T17:13:25-05:00

Last updated on: July 14, 2014 at 5:13 pm   By

 In our last two posts in this series, we talked about what ethics (“doing the right thing”) is and different approaches Christians (and others) have taken over the years to navigating the difficulties of doing the right thing. Today we want to check in with some of what the Bible actually says on the topic. We talked last time about three ways people have approached ethics: commands, consequences, and character. There’s a lot in the Bible that has to do... Read more

2014-07-14T17:13:33-05:00

Last updated on: July 14, 2014 at 5:13 pm   By

Recently we told you we were staring a new series on “doing the right thing;” you can read the first post here.  There we began to unpack what it means to have “Christian” ethics. Here we’ll start looking at different approaches people have taken to trying to figure out what the right thing is. 1) Rules. The first approach, “command ethics,” asks, “Is this action right or wrong in itself, according to the rules?”…..This set of duties/rules may be given... Read more

2014-07-14T17:13:33-05:00

Last updated on: July 14, 2014 at 5:13 pm   By

Is this a question you’ve ever asked yourself? You may want to do the right thing, but how do you figure out what it is? How do you know what God wants you to do? How do you know what the Bible says? TOW Project has a lot of resources on our site to address these questions–the fancy theological word for studying these problems is “ethics”–and we’re going to start working through some of them in this space. We’ll start,... Read more

2014-07-14T17:13:34-05:00

Last updated on: July 14, 2014 at 5:13 pm   By

On June 12, 2014, pastors, professors, and parishioners welcomed a one-of-a-kind Bible resource, the Theology of Work Bible Commentary, which focuses on a single topic–people’s work. The commentary will be available online immediately and in print on Oct. 24, 2014.  Users may be surprised to discover how much the Bible says about work. “From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible reveals that God cares about the work you do.  And yet 95% of Christians say they have they have never heard a sermon about... Read more

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