“Lifeway’s leadership team is continuing to review the Sexual Abuse Task Force report and their recommendations to see how we can best support our Convention in preventing abuse and in caring for survivors. We continue to grieve with the survivor community and share their desire to see action. In moments like these, my mind goes to these questions: What is Lifeway doing to … [Read more...]
Statement on Lifeway Credit Union
Statement from Carol Pipes, Lifeway Christian Resources director of communications: We are aware of the recent release by the United States Department of Justice that a former Lifeway Credit Union employee has been charged with fraud. Lifeway Credit Union is a completely separate legal entity from Lifeway Christian Resources, and at no time has the person in question, Monica … [Read more...]
Statement on Recent Actions by World Vision
I am encouraged to see World Vision has reversed course on its policy of hiring employees in same-sex marriages. I was grieved to hear some at World Vision considered a change to the definition of marriage as a simple disagreement among denominations. It is not. The fact is that there has been a consensus on marriage among Christians for 2,000 years, yet this moment has … [Read more...]
Lifeway Announces VP Changes
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Lifeway Christian Resources President Thom Rainer has announced changes in the organization's executive leadership. In communication to Lifeway's 3,900 employees, Rainer announced that long-time vice president of Lifeway Christian Stores, Mark Scott, has elected to retire following several months of significant health challenges. Scott will be replaced … [Read more...]
Lead Your Church to Spiritual Transformation
Spiritual transformation and spiritual discipline are inseparably bound. Unsurprisingly, those disengaged in the disciplines of prayer, reading the Bible, Scripture memorization, fasting and acts of obedience to God are the very same who feel the deepest need for spiritual transformation. Many church members who express a desire to grow spiritually do so because they have … [Read more...]