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Today's category: MarriageBlack and White? ? ? ? ? ? Attending a wedding for the first time, a little girl whispered to her mother, "Why is the bride dressed in white?"? ? ? ? ? ? "Because white is the color of happiness, and today is the happiest day of her life."? ? ? ? ? ? The child thought about this for a moment, then said, "So why is the groom wearing black?"View hundreds more jokes online.Email this joke to a friend
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ECFA is adding leadership integrity to its accountability criteria. The accreditation agency for over 2,700 evangelical nonprofits wants to raise its standards to address “one of the greatest financial risks” posed to churches and ministries today: moral failures by leadership.For decades, the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) has established guidelines around financial transparency, stewardship, and governance. This year, the organization announced plans to add a new requirement to address the integrity and character of a ministry’s leaders.It’d be the biggest change to ECFA’s standards in 45 years.First introduced in March 2024, the proposed standard states, “Every organization shall proactively care for its leader and support the integrity of its leader in conformity with ECFA’s Policy for Excellence in Supporting Leadership Integrity.”ECFA members and experts in the Christian nonprofit agree with the idea of the new standard but aren’t sure exactly how to implement it.In an interview with Christianity Today, ECFA president and CEO Michael Martin likened the standard to a guardrail. While no written policy or accountability measure could eliminate sinful behavior by leadership—each leader ultimately bears responsibility for their own integrity—organizations can be doing more to help keep them in check.“There’s consensus around the idea … that the board has an opportunity and responsibility to come alongside a leader to help leaders be in a position where they can best thrive,” Martin said.In 2021, ECFA surveyed more than 800 of its member ministry leaders and board chairs, and 94 percent said leadership failures are impacting donor trust. Respondents also said they needed more ...Continue reading...
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Teachers in Saline, Michigan will no longer be allowed to use gendered language when addressing students. Kara Davis is the […]
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States with abortion bans are experiencing declines in applications for residencies from new graduates of medical schools in the United States, according to a 2023 Association of American Medical Colleges analysis that was published this month. The Association's research institute conducted an analysis? published in 2023? of 2022-2023 application cycle data after the U.S. Supreme Court made […]The post Pro-Life Doctor Complains That Medical Schools are Increasingly Pro-Abortion appeared first on LifeNews.com.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a complaint filed on behalf of parents who oppose a policy at Maryland's largest school district allowing staff to hide if their children are identifying as the opposite sex at school.
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