B. Keith Haney

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  • How Our View of Political Correctness Affects the Church's Witness

    How Our View of Political Correctness Affects the Church's Witness

    We are at a stage in society where trying to avoid saying things that offend, has reached a point that now people get attacked for speaking the truth.

  • Church, the Nation Needs You Now More Than Ever!

    Church, the Nation Needs You Now More Than Ever!

    The nations stand, again on the brink of another period of protests and demonstrations. Every incident of another shooting of an African American male sends an already racially charged city sitting on a powder keg with a match lit and bracing to set the place on fire anew. What can the congregation and should we do? What can we do?

  • 5 Key Ways to Connect With Millennials

    5 Key Ways to Connect With Millennials

    Dear Millennials, This is the Church writing to you. We have been trying to reach you for decades, although admittedly with little to no success. We have tried all kinds of methods to connect with you. We have dumped our traditional service, fired our organists and replaced them with a praise band leader and more edgy music. Still, you do not come. We have put away our suits and ties and dress more casually, yet you still do not come.

  • The Church: Museum, University or Lifeboat?

    The Church: Museum, University or Lifeboat?

    For the church to carry out its mission, it needs never to lose sight of the reason for its existence. But the church can easily become like a museum or a university.

  • Why the Church Must Reconnect With the City

    Why the Church Must Reconnect With the City

    The city was not my first choice for ministry. To be blunt it was not even in my top 10 destinations to serve. Yet for whatever reason God placed me there and continues to draw me back to it like a moth to light.

  • Is the Church Making Disciples of Jesus or Consumers of Ministry Services?

    Is the Church Making Disciples of Jesus or Consumers of Ministry Services?

    When our churches reduce ministry to service-rendered (transactional), budgets become inundated with programs, and we pray these programs are what our members (customers are seeking.)

  • Hurtful Labels Are Being Thrown Around Like Candy

    Hurtful Labels Are Being Thrown Around Like Candy

    Enough already, stop labeling people with whom you disagree. Being a Black American I can tell you I have seen my fair share of racism. What is getting lost in the continuous claims of racism is that true discrimination goes unnoticed.

  • How Depression Robs Us of Our True Identity

    How Depression Robs Us of Our True Identity

    Depression is a topic that I want to approach carefully. People may think depression is just a case of the blues, but its symptoms are wide-ranging and can manifest themselves physically.