https://nitter.cf/t.co/TqkjsUUjRQ; author of 10 books: Faith-Based Fraud, Restoring All Things, A Lover's Quarrel with the Evangelical Church, Prodigal Press, etc.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Joined June 2011
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He’s 100 percent right but this still has a grumpy old man get-off-my-lawn feel to it.
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Boy, I wish I would get a text from an unknown number telling me how to vote.
That would be the thing that changes my mind.
-no one, ever
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A UMC bishop removes ministers from Dallas' Highland Park — but the church says its pastors will stay. buff.ly/rjYsOCp
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Amid mixed Pew findings, youngest adults outpace parents’ generation in worship attendance. The complicated findings, based on relatively small samples within each age group, come as Americans’ religious decline continues to plateau. buff.ly/FOLaL5V
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A classic chart to counter the wisdom of crowds idea. US Americans are absolutely clueless about how common things are. They think over a quarter of Americans are Native Americans, one in five Americans is transgender, over a quarter of the population are Muslim, one in five households earn over half a million dollars. The right answer to all of these questions is 1%. They build their worldview on totally incorrect assumptions towards reality. Data literacy matters.
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Pete Peterson recalls selling 15,000 books in a day, then facing a $250,000 reprint order. For a small press, success creates new funding demands.
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#SmallPress #Publishing #BookBusiness
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Pete Peterson describes juggling Galahad and Every Moment Holy bestsellers: more inventory, financial challenges, and new ways to plan.
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#SmallPress #Publishing #CreativeBusiness
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Pete Peterson says Rabbit Room Press was never trying to become a publishing giant: do good work over the long term and trust the Spirit.
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#RabbitRoomPress #FaithAndArt #Publishing
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Popular Christian blogger, podcaster Samuel Sey has been arrested by ICE. Conservative influencers have rallied to support him, blaming his arrest on a clerical mix-up. DHS says he overstayed his visa by four years and will be deported. buff.ly/39N5r2U
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A new study of multi-site churches — also known as franchises — finds that such congregations have become commonplace, found in almost every state in the nation. buff.ly/3auU3zh
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Dylan Novak recalls how a 2015 conversation with James Taylor helped launch his ministry and challenged assumptions about celebrities' openness to faith.
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#Evangelism #CelebrityCulture #GospelConversations
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In this week’s look back at the MinistryWatch archives, Christian leaders seek to welcome neurodivergent members, GRACE achieves 20 years of ministry, and Billy Graham Evangelistic Association wins against venue that canceled its event.
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One of the largest UMC churches in the country just voted to leave the denomination, locked in a bitter battle over issues of governance. buff.ly/oUzZrj4
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A Miami pastor has returned to the pulpit after pleading no contest to defrauding an elderly person. Eric Readon disputes the property case that brought jail time, 15 years of probation, and a $180K restitution order. buff.ly/oUwl6N8
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Dylan Novak says a post about Bill Murray brought unexpected attention to his ministry and led more fans to reach out with questions about faith.
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#Evangelism #SocialMedia #GospelConversations
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Life Surge has agreed to pay two former workers $10,000 to settle federal overtime claims, plus $6,000 in attorney’s fees. The company denies wrongdoing. A separate settlement over commissions and expenses remains undisclosed.
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