Description: Matt Hawkins is a phd student, consultant, and podcast host, who provides insights for institutions from 20 years of experience at the intersection of religion and politics.
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The policy wonks among us watch the court drama and political fallout closely. But those questions are not the most important for pastors and local churches. What if a court decision does actually make a significant change? What will change, if anything, for a local church and its approach to the abortion issue in its community? How can pastors and ministry leaders lead their churches well in pro-life ministry? Here are 6 suggestions to guide intra-church chatter about Dobbs and this dramatic political mome
Is your church partisan or silent? The two most common models for how churches engage the political realm—partisanship or silence—present an impossible dichotomy…When our church remains silent, virtually all our opinions about how Christians should engage politics come from influences other than Scripture and the guidance of our church…Rather than avoiding politics for the sake of discipleship, might we try applying discipleship to our politics?