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James Emery White

About James Emery White

James Emery White is the founding and senior pastor of Mecklenburg Community Church in Charlotte, NC, and the ranked adjunctive professor of theology and culture at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, where he also served as their fourth president. His book, The Rise of the Nones: Understanding and Reaching the Religiously Unaffiliated, is available on Amazon. To enjoy a free subscription to the Church and Culture blog, visit ChurchAndCulture.org, where you can view past blogs in our archive and read the latest church and culture news from around the world. Follow Dr. White on Twitter @JamesEmeryWhite.

Hell vs Hades; Heaven vs Paradise

February 27, 2025 by James Emery White Articles, Discipleship

heaven vs paradise

The “holding tanks” for the current dead (or the collective Sheol in the Old Testament) are Hades and Paradise: Hell vs Hades, and Heaven vs Paradise.

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Modern Arianism Is on the Rise: and it Matters

November 5, 2024 by James Emery White Articles, Preaching

Modern Arianism

Can I offer you a stiff drink of theology? Our topic is modern Arianism. (and then, at the end, tell you why)? The Arian controversy of the fourth century is widely regarded as one of the most significant in all of Christian history. Here we go: Modern Arianism Is on the Rise A man named…

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Baking Vs Cooking – Leadership Lessons

July 19, 2024 by James Emery White Articles, Balance, Leadership

baking vs cooking

I had an eye-opening conversation on leadership with my oldest son the other day about baking vs cooking.

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4 Lessons I Learned From My First Church

June 11, 2024 by James Emery White Articles, Leadership

I could write a book titled: “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in My First Church.” It was a county-seat Baptist congregation in a small town.

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The Core of Evangelism – Invest & Invite

January 29, 2024 by James Emery White Articles, How To's

The dynamic core of evangelism is investing and inviting. Let’s start off with the invest part. Investing in someone is simply about building a relationship: getting to know them, spending time with them, entering into community with them. Only within the confines of a relationship will there be the trust to be authentic and to…

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Giving to Christ at Christmas

December 15, 2023 by James Emery White Articles, Balance

or many years, I’ve felt that the single-most important act of the holidays is giving to Christ at Christmas. 

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