Lead Pastor @ThirdRVA | PhD @VUamsterdam | F3 Bodos "I am neither an optimist or a pessimist. Jesus Christ is risen from the dead."
Richmond, VA
Joined May 2010
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Richmond pastors make a united statement in response to events in #Charlottesville
richmondpastorsstatement.org
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“In conferring with other pastors, I’ve learned my congregation is no anomaly,” writes a pastor who himself has suffered from depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation.
On why the church needs vulnerability:
christianitytoday.com/ct/202…
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Despite a prior suicide attempt, threats toward his family, & police confiscating his knives the shooter LEGALLY purchased the weapons used on July 4 in #HighlandPark. Those killed were not victims; they were sacrifices offered to America's Baal, the gun.
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Esau McCaulley is a wonder. His blend of biblical and liturgical themes is precisely what the church (not to mention the state) needs to hear. As one who has devoted my life to the problem of evil, I've rarely heard it so well laid out in a short space.
nytimes.com/2022/06/10/opini…
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My dad is at rest. Thank you Tshezi for all you have been to our family and the world. Lala ngo xolo Desmond Mpilo Tutu.
Liturgy must be ...
COMMUNAL (the community prays as one),
CLEAR (simple to understand),
CONCISE (not ponderous or novel),
CORRECT (reflecting creedal Christianity),
CYCLICAL (repeated often),
but also COMPELLING (beautiful to the ear and the heart).
- from a wise mentor !
The story of Mars Hill may have been very different, and perhaps the story of many of our churches would be different, if women were valued and empowered as the leaders God has designed and gifted them to be.
When we exclude women from leadership, we are harming not just women themselves but the body of Christ as a whole
God made women and men to serve together, and I have experienced the incalculable value of leading alongside and being led by women who bring different kinds of perspectives and giftings into the body of Christ.
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Even if you are not one who affirms women in all levels of church leadership as I am, it is still impossible to read the New Testament and not be encountered by the extensive presence of women as active agents in the life of church leadership.
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What struck me the most after listening to the latest episode of #RiseandfallofMarsHill is the near complete lack of female leadership and female voices in the story of Mars Hill.
At a planning meeting this morning for the planning of the National Slavery Museum in Richmond. So exciting to envision what could be. “We cannot heal the deep wounds inflicted during the era of racial terrorism until we tell the truth.” -Bryan Stevenson
I'm on a mission to help "the youths" learn about and recover the ministry and thought leadership of John Stott. He's a vital voice in the face of current fracturing of evangelicalism. Here's an interview I recently gave on a podcast about his legacy.
thestottlegacy.podbean.com
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I posted the last episode of Season 4 of Love Is Stronger Than Fear last week. So grateful for all the guests who joined me on the podcast this season!
If you missed one of these episodes, you can catch up wherever you get your podcasts or go here:
amyjuliabecker.com/podcast/s…
