War, huh, yeah What is it good for? Absolutely nothing
By Daniel Yang, Senior Director of Global Mission and Church Movements at World Relief. Prior to that, he was the Director of the Church Multiplication Institute at the Wheaton Col
When Protest Comes Into the Sanctuary & Why It Should Hurt Us All
By David Foster, Director of the Pastor’s Common Last Sunday, a worship service at Cities Church was interrupted by demonstrators protesting certain immigration polici
Abilene Food Guide
By Daniel McKay, Associate Pastor at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church Welcome to Abilene! We’re thrilled to host this year’s Annual Meeting of Texas Baptists in the heart of
Stacking Hands & Adding Flavor: More Dallas Eats from The Pastor’s Common
We couldn’t agree more with Jared Cornutt’s Unofficial Official Food Guide to the 2025 Dallas Convention over at The Baptist Review. As a Texas-based network of pastors,
Messiah, Not Mascot: Holding to conviction instead of pragmatism for the sake of the next generation.
By Dr. Steve Bezner, Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology at Truett Theological Seminary Editor’s note: This article was originally published at Steve’s Subs
A Trinitarianism Defense for the Word as Revelation
By Bo Barrett, a Christian Education an emphasis in Ministry Leadership at Howard Payne University The Christian faith is built on the foundation of revelation, which is G
Baptism is the Practice of the Local Church not the Parachurch
By Dr. Yancey C. Arrington, Teaching Pastor at Clear Creek Community Church Editor’s note: This article was originally published at Yancey’s blog that you can fi
On Donald Trump and the Inscrutability of God
By Esau McCaulley, author & Professor of New Testament & Public Theology at Wheaton College Editor’s Note: The Pastor’s Common has received permission
Attractional & Missional Churches
By Brian Vaughn, Pastor of FBC Lometa Attractional and missional church models have often been deemed to be adversarial in nature.[1] The attractional church’s focus is to
Women’s Voices Matter
By Lorin Lowrie Scott, Director of Embrace Grace Ministries, North Fort Worth Baptist Church Over the past several years in Baptist life, the debate surrounding women in min
