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| | CT Pastors The Celebrity Pastor Problem Is Every Church’s Struggle How our ministry policies and practices can push back against entitlement. Rich Villodas | When I became a pastor at New Life Fellowship, my predecessor, Pete Scazzero, told me, “Congratulations, you can’t park in the church parking lot anymore!” This shocked me, since I came from a church where I saw all kinds of perks and special treatment for senior leaders. I wondered, Shouldn’t pastors have prime parking spots? Our church in Queens has a small lot—massive by New York City standards—but the point was taken. Pastors aren’t entitled to special ... | | Read More |
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| | Walter Hooper, a North Carolina man who dedicated his life to preserving and promoting the writings of C. S. Lewis, died Monday at the age of 89. He was sick with COVID-19. Hooper served briefly and informally as Lewis’s literary secretary—helping the author of The Chronicles of Narnia, Mere Christianity, and The Abolition of Man answer his mail—before Lewis’s death in 1963. Hooper, then 33, left a teaching post at the University of Kentucky to take a leading role in managing ... | | Read More |
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