Tim Spanburg of Christ Community Church in Shawnee Mission, Kansas Pleads With Evangelicals to Wear Face Masks so His Son Can Go to Church

This blog previously wrote about evangelicals and face masks in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Over at Christ Community Church in Shawnee Mission, Kansas Tim Spanning writes a passionate blog post asking for evangelicals to wear face masks. Why? His son is at high risk for COVID-19 and he would like for his son to be able to come to church again. 

From John Welborn of Salem Church Recommending James MacDonald to Tom Nelson of Christ Community Church Praising Ravi Zacharias. Does Mark Noll’s The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind Explain How Corruption and Scandal Are Ignored?

Frequently this blog has noticed a number of EFCA pastors in the United States who promote or recommend material from questionable fallen and discredited pastors. John Welborn at the EFCA’s Salem Church in Staten Island has done this, and so has Tom Nelson of EFCA’s Christ Community Church in the Kansas City area has also done this. Is this another aspect to the scandal of the evangelical mind? The ability of a pastor to practice discernment and think critically in the midst of a scandal?

Guest Post: Steve Baughman on Pastor Tom Nelson of Christ Community Church, Ravi Zacharias and Keeping Christian Secrets

At the EFCA’s Christ Community Church in the Kansas City and Kansas area Pastor Tom Nelson wrote a glowing tribute about Ravi Zacharias. Steve Baughman who wrote about the issues involving inflated academic scandals with Ravi Zacharias as well as his sexting with a married women wrote Tom Nelson a response to his blog post. 

Christ Community Church at their Olathe and Leawood Locations Explain How Outdoor Services Will Be Conducted For June 28, 2020

Christ Community Church in the Kansas City and Kansas area is slowly re-opening amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. This blog post contains the videos of the instructions for their outside in person worship services at the Olathe and Leawood locations. 

The Importance of Listening and of a Blog Taking Feedback

A blog post the other day raises the issue of how important it is to discuss and listen. When I wrote about an EFCA church in Bloomington, Minnesota that led to a discussion with the pastor. Whether it be the EFCA, Acts 29 or other organizations this blog wants people to know that it will engage and listen and discuss these issues. This blog does not hide behind a computer screen and bunker down. In contrast it will engage people and have discussion. 

Nathan Miller of Christ Community Church in Kansas City and Kansas Explores People’s Response to a Survey On Re-Opening in the COVID-19 Era

Nathan Miller of Christ Community Church an EFCA Church in the Kansas City and Kansas metropolitan area released the statistics from a survey that 1,400 people responded to. The survey dealt with the topic of re-opening in the COVID-19 era. 

Tom Nelson’s Christ Community Church is Surveying its Membership and Attenders About Re-Opening During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Christ Community Church in the Kansas City and Kansas area recently sent out a survey to its members and attenders asking them a number of questions about re-opening and some issues under consideration. As this blog continues to write about the EFCA and the COVID-19 pandemic this blog is documenting how Christ Community Church is carefully proceeding on the difficult issue of re-opening.

Christ Community Church in Kansas City has Practical Advice for Worshiping in Quarantine

As many evangelical churches have been dealing with quarantine amidst the COVID-19 pandemic Christ Community Church in the Kansas City area had a practical blog post about worship. This EFCA church wrote about worshiping while in quarantine. This post from the Christ Community blog was written by Sean Dennis who leads worship at the downtown location. 

How Tom Nelson’s Christ Community Church is Responding to COVID-19 in the Kansas City Area

Christ Community Church in the Kansas City, Missouri area and what they are doing to assist in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. This post has a question for Christ Community Church but this is also encouraging to see a church operate this way. 

Tom Nelson and Nathan Miller of Christ Community Church in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area Reflect on Grief and Loss in Shelter in Place During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Quarantine and sheltering in place is hard. I have been doing that and I acknowledge it is challenging. At the EFCA’s Christ Community Church in the Kansas City and Kansas area Tom Nelson and Nathan Miller spoke about grief as a result of the quarantine.