Ministry 2 · Russ Meek

The Line Isn’t Fuzzy. Youth Pastors Shouldn’t Date Youth

The legal age of consent should not blur our vision on these issues. No youth pastor should “date” or engage in any sort of sexual relationship with any person under their care.

Russ Meek November 27, 2019

Religion News Service

Was Bathsheba Raped? Yes, and Why That Matters

Ideology drives action, and for many evangelicals a skewed perception of power dynamics and sexual violence is at the wheel.

Russ Meek November 1, 2019

LifeWay Pastors

When Legacy Becomes a Lie

When I resigned from my full-time teaching job last semester, I didn’t realize all the feelings that would accompany the transition. I definitely didn’t realize how much of my identity I’d placed in my role as a professor.

Russ Meek October 31, 2019

For the Church

The Bible Told Us Every Girl Was Sour?

The theological problem with purity culture and how we talk about the plague of pornography is that it sexualizes women (and men, though I think to a lesser extent).

Russ Meek October 30, 2019

Facts & Trends

3 Reasons Church Leaders Should Observe the Sabbath

God, the creator of the entire universe and everything in it, rested and was refreshed. I could stop right here; we don’t need any more reasons to take a Sabbath. Friend, you and me and everyone else on the planet needs to be refreshed. God modeled the way for us.

Russ Meek October 21, 2019

Servants of Grace

Fostering Hospitality

We both knew that we wanted to foster and/or adopt children long before we met each other and were married ten years ago. Neither of us knew just how much it would stretch and strengthen our ability to be hospitable, to love our neighbors as ourselves.

Russ Meek October 21, 2019

Facts & Trends

3 Reason Our Churches Need the Old Testament

All my dark thoughts and feelings found expression in this collection of poems and prayers by God’s people for God’s people. If there are people like me in your church—and there probably are—then they need the Old Testament like I did.

Russ Meek October 1, 2019

Articles about Ministry