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These are the Top 25 stories of the year, as ranked by the number of page views at the MinistryWatch website.
The following stories had the most page views at the MinistryWatch website during the month of October.
He has a habit of “walking back” misstatements, but how do you walk back an entire conference?
The current controversy over his “Unconditional Love” conference is not the first time Andy Stanley’s miscues have gotten national attention, at least among evangelicals.
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Pastoral care disconnected from theology is neither pastoral nor caring
Neither Scripture nor the teaching of the church throughout millennia of Christian theology is ambiguous about LGBTQ+ matters, John Stonestreet writes.
Stanley told his congregation the church is committed to the New Testament sexual ethic and biblical definition of marriage.
Andy Stanley spoke to his congregation about the Unconditional Conference hosted by North Point Church near Atlanta over the weekend “for Christian parents with LGBTQ+ children, ministry leaders, and health care professionals.”
Andy Stanley Tops The List
The following stories had the most page views at the MinistryWatch website during the month of September. We present them here in a “countdown” format, from 10 to 1.
Johnny Hunt, Chris Tomlin, Ravi Zacharias, Jerry Falwell Jr., Chuck Grassley, and More
ONE YEAR AGO: Chris Tomlin recently announced he will continue with his planned tour with the scandal ridden Hillsong United this fall.
Stanley, a prominent evangelical pastor, has come under scrutiny for recent comments regarding homosexuality in the church.
North Point Community Church, led by pastor Andy Stanley, is hosting the Unconditional Conference, which is billed as a “premier event for Christian parents with LGBTQ+ children, ministry leaders, and health care professionals.”