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MAGNOLIA MINDS: Why should I study Church History?

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MAGNOLIA MINDS: Why should I study Church History?

July 28, 2025

By Cameron O’Daniel By the year 2019, over 25 million people took a DNA test to discover more about their roots and ancestry. They wanted…

MAGNOLIA MINDS: Four reasons why a Call to Worship would benefit the church

MAGNOLIA MINDS: Four reasons why a Call to Worship would benefit the church

June 24, 2025

MAGNOLIA MINDS: Time to abandon heartless prayer requests

MAGNOLIA MINDS: Time to abandon heartless prayer requests

June 3, 2025

MAGNOLIA MINDS: Confessions of a first-year pastor

MAGNOLIA MINDS: Confessions of a first-year pastor

May 9, 2025

MAGNOLIA MINDS: Persian New Year and Gospel opportunities

Mt. Zion members celebrate Nowruz with Persian neighbors. (Photo credit: Zach Kilpatrick)

MAGNOLIA MINDS: Persian New Year and Gospel opportunities

March 26, 2025

ERLC releases practical
guide addressing artificial
reproductive technologies
NASHVILLE (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) has released a new practical guide designed to help churches navigate the topic of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) such as in vitro fertilization (IVF). The free guide, released Tuesday (Feb. 24), is titled “Desiring Children: A Practical Guide to Addressing Assisted Reproductive Technologies in the Church.” It contains a theological framework addressing the topic of ARTs from a biblical worldview and offers answers to practical scenarios that ministry leaders may face or have faced regarding the topic. The guide also contains a list of additional resources on ARTs from a variety of Christian sources. The guide was written by the ERLC research team, led by RaShan Frost, ERLC director of research and senior fellow. “The desire to have children of one’s own is a good and natural desire that recognizes the gift sons and daughters are to our families and our societies. Unfortunately, due to the fall in Genesis 3, the desire to have children is often complicated by the devastating reality of infertility,” Frost wrote in the guide’s forward.