Stories tagged with: jeff iorg

• Iorg hears heartbreak over same-sex marriage

  by Kathie Chute, posted Thursday, January 07, 2016 (8 years ago)

  

  MILL VALLEY, Calif. (BP) -- "I'm a deacon," the man told Jeff Iorg, president of Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary. "I've followed Jesus all my life, and so have my children. Now my granddaughter has come home and announced she is a lesbian and is going to marry another woman. What do I do?"

  The church deacon is among the many brokenhearted individuals Iorg has encountered at state and associational meetings across the nation in speaking about the book "Ministry in the New Marriage Culture." Read More

• VETERANS DAY: A Navy wife

  by Jeff Iorg, posted Wednesday, November 11, 2015 (8 years ago)

  Seminary president Jeff Iorg, on Veterans Day, pays tribute to wives who empower their husbands for service. "They are the unsung heroes, serving the mission and sacrificing in a thousand quiet ways," he writes. Read More

• Guidance offered for ministry in new marriage culture

  by Rebekah Wahlberg, posted Tuesday, October 20, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

  MILL VALLEY, Calif. (BP) -- How should the church respond to a gay couple requesting premarital counseling? What about when the new girl with the Awana ministry brings her two mothers to meet her teacher? Or when a church member who owns a business doesn't want to provide marriage benefits to same-sex couples? The new book "Ministry in the New Marriage Culture" focuses on helping churches and ministry leaders address these questions and more. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Teachers & 'gender inclusion'

  by Jeff Iorg, posted Friday, October 02, 2015 (8 years ago)

  MILL VALLEY, Calif. (BP) -- Golden Gate Seminary's Jeff Iorg warns of a day when teachers may be disciplined "for holding to the 'shocking' position that boys and girls are different … and that both should be celebrated for their uniqueness." Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: The Ayu challenge

  by Jeff Iorg, posted Tuesday, September 15, 2015 (9 years ago)

  Jeff Iorg, president of Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, shares about an unexpected email from a 9-year-old who developed a plan to help people memorize Scripture. Her strategy includes one or more verses for each letter of the alphabet, complete with YouTube videos she has made to reinforce the memorization for people who struggle with this discipline. Read More

• Iorg: Golden Gate embarking on historic year

  by Kathie Chute, posted Friday, August 28, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  GGBTS photo

  MILL VALLEY, Calif. (BP) -- An academic year "like no other in the history of American seminaries" awaits faculty, staff and students of Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, President Jeff Iorg said in a convocation address Aug. 27.

  "We are currently moving the primary campus of one of the 10 largest seminaries in the United States 400 miles to Southern California, while at the same time building a secondary campus in the Bay Area -- all while remaining fully operational," Iorg said in an address titled "A Great Adventure." Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Developing stewards

  by Jeff Iorg, posted Wednesday, August 05, 2015 (9 years ago)

  "If you claim the tithe is passé -- and by that you mean we should all give more than a tithe, I agree," writes Jeff Iorg. "But if you use the claim to excuse your selfishness -- giving less than even a legalist would give -- I disagree." Read More

• GGBTS grads encouraged to be 'spiritual parents'

  by By BP staff/GGBTS communications, posted Saturday, June 13, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  Photo by Kate Weatherly/GGBTS

  MILL VALLEY, Calif. (BP) -- Jeff Iorg, president of Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, reminded graduates that ministry leaders are called to serve others as "spiritual parents."

  This spring, across five separate commencement ceremonies at each Golden Gate Seminary campus, a total of 162 students received diplomas, master's and doctoral degrees. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Convoluted reasoning

  by Jeff Iorg , posted Tuesday, May 26, 2015 (9 years ago)

  MILL VALLEY, Calif. (BP) -- Seminary president Jeff Iorg comments on the convoluted reasoning involving moral authority by Bay Area politicians after a consultant's arrest on child pornography charges. "Governing by principle based on unchanging moral convictions -- not popular opinion -- is essential for democracy to survive," Iorg writes. "Let's hope we figure this out again before it's too late." Read More

• TRUSTEES: GGBTS relocation to be 'mission-focused'

  by Tyler Sanders, posted Wednesday, May 13, 2015 (9 years ago)

  MILL VALLEY, Calif. (BP) -- Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary President Jeff Iorg presented building plans for both the new primary campus in Southern California and commuter campus in the San Francisco area to trustees during their spring meeting. Read More