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- Tim Lucas - Ron Luce - Jo Luehmann - Peter Lumpkins - Stacey Lundy - Tapio Luoma - Rich Lusk - Nina Lutz -
==tim lucas======
July 14, 2023: NPR: Megachurches are getting even bigger as churches close across the country
Church barbecues, pizza and movie nights are all part of the mix. On Sundays, "it's loud. ... it's casual. People can wear flip-flops and drink coffee," says Pastor Tim Lucas, who founded Liquid Church in 2007.
"We're at the gates of Manhattan," he says. "People can go in and see Hamilton or Billy Joel at [Madison Square] Garden. We're not competing with the world. What we are trying to do is ... put the timeless message of Jesus into new wineskins."
Church barbecues, pizza and movie nights are all part of the mix. On Sundays, "it's loud. ... it's casual. People can wear flip-flops and drink coffee," says Pastor Tim Lucas, who founded Liquid Church in 2007.
"We're at the gates of Manhattan," he says. "People can go in and see Hamilton or Billy Joel at [Madison Square] Garden. We're not competing with the world. What we are trying to do is ... put the timeless message of Jesus into new wineskins."
==Ron Luce====== |
Ronald Allan Luce, (born July 11, 1961) is the co-founder and president of Teen Mania Ministries which was located in Garden Valley, Texas. Together with his wife Katie, Ron founded Teen Mania in 1986 and led the organization until its bankruptcy in 2015. Luce is now CEO of a new ministry called Generation Next. He has written 30 books for parents and youth and having earned a Doctorate in Strategic Foresight is serving church leaders with his Ministry Masterclass EXPONENTIAL 101 by helping them apply best-practices he curated from global churches seeing extraordinary growth in spite of the earthquake of change shifting our planet. He has been married to Katie for 36 years and has 3 young adult children.
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Jun 21, 2022 #leadership #churchonline #influencers
In this episode we talk with Ron Luce, a legend in Youth Ministry, who has filled stadiums and arenas with more than 3 million youth across North America over the past few decades. He discusses church trends and how the focus on the next generation is crucial for the health and growth of the church. He reveals not only what is necessary but what is proven to work.
Apr 1, 2015: Youtube: A.D. The Bible Continues - Ron Luce: Faith Leader Commentary
Ron Luce, President and Founder of Teenmania International, discusses how A.D. brings the Bible to life for a whole new generation. July 31, 2012: Teen Mania Ministries: Christian Post: Teen Mania Celebrates 25 Years of Global Missions Work “The 25th anniversary for Teen Mania, I don’t think it’s a congratulations to us. It’s just another sign that God is insisting that his mission gets accomplished,” Ron Luce, founder and president of Teen Mania, told The Christian Post on Thursday. |
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Jo Luehmann is a Colombian born and raised pastor with a masters degree in ministry and theology. Alongside her partner she started the Living Room, a house church and non-profit re-imagining faith and Christianity and inviting people to reclaim their own spaces as holy ground. Jo speaks and teaches about decolonizing church, theology, spirituality and faith, as well as the importance of dismantling white supremacy, patriarchy and capitalism both individually and collectively.
Aug 25, 2022: Spiritually Cracking Up: Christian Punchlines
The Christian right isn’t the only one spitting out accidental comedic fire. Let’s see what our progressive Christians are saying:
“I would rather get an abortion than have a Brown child who ends up being adopted by white evangelicals.
It is not a kindness to children of the global majority to give them to people who’ll traumatize them with self-ancestral hatred.
An abortion is an act of love.”, Jo Luehmann
Doesn’t this make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside? According to this social media post, all white evangelicals are on a global hating spree on all non-white evangelicals. Come on! Is this 100% accurate? I don’t think so. I have relatives that are white evangelicals with a “brown” child, and they love him more than anything. This isn’t to say there is issues our white evangelicals have to come to grips with when it comes to Trump worship and racism.
The Christian right isn’t the only one spitting out accidental comedic fire. Let’s see what our progressive Christians are saying:
“I would rather get an abortion than have a Brown child who ends up being adopted by white evangelicals.
It is not a kindness to children of the global majority to give them to people who’ll traumatize them with self-ancestral hatred.
An abortion is an act of love.”, Jo Luehmann
Doesn’t this make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside? According to this social media post, all white evangelicals are on a global hating spree on all non-white evangelicals. Come on! Is this 100% accurate? I don’t think so. I have relatives that are white evangelicals with a “brown” child, and they love him more than anything. This isn’t to say there is issues our white evangelicals have to come to grips with when it comes to Trump worship and racism.
==PETER LUMPKINS======
June 15, 2021: SBCVoices: Motions Offered
Peter Lumpkins moved to remove the whole section in the Book of Reports about Patterson’s misdeeds. Better to cover over the truth than to face it. Pete is Pete.
Peter Lumpkins moved to remove the whole section in the Book of Reports about Patterson’s misdeeds. Better to cover over the truth than to face it. Pete is Pete.
Aug 15, 2014: FBC Jax Watchdogs: Peter Lumpkins and the Blame Game - Someone in the SBC Needs to Put a Stop to Peter's Nonsense
It is a sad sight to see Peter Lumpkins in full attack mode on social media after Braxton Caner's funeral. Peter and others have been on social media since the funeral attempting to blame Braxton's death on critics of Braxton's dad, Ergun Caner.
It is a sad sight to see Peter Lumpkins in full attack mode on social media after Braxton Caner's funeral. Peter and others have been on social media since the funeral attempting to blame Braxton's death on critics of Braxton's dad, Ergun Caner.
Jan 22, 2014: Pulpit and Pen: Peter Lumpkins Joins The Brewton-Parker Team: Truth Curls Up In The Corner And Cries
When I first read about this on Twitter today, I had to check the calendar to make sure today isn’t the first of April…
Jan 10, 2014: Alpha & Omega Ministries: Calvinist Derangement Syndrome Case #1756: Peter Lumpkins and the Looniest Muslim Apologist
So I was working through the morning “stuff” on line (RSS feeds, emails, cuing up The Briefing) when someone in channel pointed me to another Lumpkins hit piece against yours truly. Nothing new, same ol’ same ol’ from Petey, until I saw a section that caught my attention
Apr 1, 2011: Peter Lumpkins: sbc Tomorrow: UPDATE: The Fallout Begins on James White Fudging His Teaching Experience by Peter Lumpkins
When I first read about this on Twitter today, I had to check the calendar to make sure today isn’t the first of April…
Jan 10, 2014: Alpha & Omega Ministries: Calvinist Derangement Syndrome Case #1756: Peter Lumpkins and the Looniest Muslim Apologist
So I was working through the morning “stuff” on line (RSS feeds, emails, cuing up The Briefing) when someone in channel pointed me to another Lumpkins hit piece against yours truly. Nothing new, same ol’ same ol’ from Petey, until I saw a section that caught my attention
Apr 1, 2011: Peter Lumpkins: sbc Tomorrow: UPDATE: The Fallout Begins on James White Fudging His Teaching Experience by Peter Lumpkins
==stacey lundy======
Rev. Stacey Lundy is Senior Pastor at First UMC- Anson Circuit charge in 2021, newly ordained and beginning her 8th year of ministry. Stacey attended UNCG for college and taught high school biology for two years. She continued on to Wake Forest University in Biology graduate studies, where she received a Masters Degree when God’s call to ministry shifted her quickly to head to Duke University for seminary. Serving as a pastor continues her love for the study of life and health as well as her love of teaching.
Stacey Lundy
“Once [that] statement got put into our Book of Discipline, we’ve been fighting over it since 1972..At times that’s been a little cooler, and times that’s been a little hotter. It really kind of flamed up in 2016...In fact, First has become what we call a lighthouse congregation. ...That’s a new initiative in the conference and several other ones just trying to signal to the community that we’re not considering leaving the denomination and we want to deliberately provide as safe and welcoming space, especially for folks whose churches are closing, or if you were disaffiliated that wanted to remain United Methodist.” --Reverend Stacey Lundy on the UMC General Conference decision that all individuals, including homosexuals, are of sacred worth to God and should have protected rights
April 28, 2023: Laurinburg Exchange: Methodist churches share thoughts on disaffiliation decisions
In 1972, the UMC’s General Conference decided that all individuals, including homosexuals, are of sacred worth to God and should have protected rights, but it did not offer any guidance on sexual activity.
“Once [that] statement got put into our Book of Discipline, we’ve been fighting over it since 1972,” Reverend Stacey Lundy of FUMC in Wadesboro explained. “At times that’s been a little cooler, and times that’s been a little hotter. It really kind of flamed up in 2016.”
In 1972, the UMC’s General Conference decided that all individuals, including homosexuals, are of sacred worth to God and should have protected rights, but it did not offer any guidance on sexual activity.
“Once [that] statement got put into our Book of Discipline, we’ve been fighting over it since 1972,” Reverend Stacey Lundy of FUMC in Wadesboro explained. “At times that’s been a little cooler, and times that’s been a little hotter. It really kind of flamed up in 2016.”
==tapio luoma======
Finland's Lutheran leader warns of rising MAGA-style Christian nationalism
According to Archbishop Tapio Luoma, echoes of Trumpism can be seen here on controversial issues such as the ordination of women and same-sex marriage, as well as the use of harsher language. The leader of Finland’s dominant Evangelical Lutheran Church, Archbishop Tapio Luoma, has expressed concern about a new kind of right-wing Christianity spreading in Finland, inspired by US President Donald Trump's MAGA movement.
"There are many worrying aspects to this. Christian nationalism in particular is frightening, if you want it to become the mainstream form of Christian faith," Luoma said in a Yle interview on Friday.
(Yle; 12/20/25) READMORE>>>>
According to Archbishop Tapio Luoma, echoes of Trumpism can be seen here on controversial issues such as the ordination of women and same-sex marriage, as well as the use of harsher language. The leader of Finland’s dominant Evangelical Lutheran Church, Archbishop Tapio Luoma, has expressed concern about a new kind of right-wing Christianity spreading in Finland, inspired by US President Donald Trump's MAGA movement.
"There are many worrying aspects to this. Christian nationalism in particular is frightening, if you want it to become the mainstream form of Christian faith," Luoma said in a Yle interview on Friday.
(Yle; 12/20/25) READMORE>>>>
==rich lusk======
Trump's IVF Move Draws Backlash from Many on the Right: 'He Is Dead Wrong'
Pastor Rich Lusk wrote on social media platform X, “Trump is right that we need to raise birth rates.”
“He is dead wrong to encourage the use of IVF to do it. The way IVF is normally carried out results in dead babies. IVF kills more babies each year than abortion,” he added. “Trump has done much for the pro-life cause, which I appreciate, but this is seriously misguided.”
(Western Journal 10/17/25) READMORE>>>>
Pastor Rich Lusk wrote on social media platform X, “Trump is right that we need to raise birth rates.”
“He is dead wrong to encourage the use of IVF to do it. The way IVF is normally carried out results in dead babies. IVF kills more babies each year than abortion,” he added. “Trump has done much for the pro-life cause, which I appreciate, but this is seriously misguided.”
(Western Journal 10/17/25) READMORE>>>>
==nina lutz======
How Christian Leaders Are Challenging the AI Boom
Nina Lutz, a PhD student at the University of Washington, recently worked on a project in which she interviewed 40 faith leaders about their relationship with technology. She heard many concerns, especially about AI accelerationism. “This notion that we are going to invest everything into AI and push it through as fast as possible, a lot of religious stakeholders found that really concerning,” she says. “They felt as though religious and other communities were being left behind.” (Time; 12.23.25)READMORE>>>>>>
Nina Lutz, a PhD student at the University of Washington, recently worked on a project in which she interviewed 40 faith leaders about their relationship with technology. She heard many concerns, especially about AI accelerationism. “This notion that we are going to invest everything into AI and push it through as fast as possible, a lot of religious stakeholders found that really concerning,” she says. “They felt as though religious and other communities were being left behind.” (Time; 12.23.25)READMORE>>>>>>
