Christians are among America’s most compassionate people. But we can do a better job responding to the complexity of poverty.

How Teresa Goines is teaching troubled teens at Old Skool Cafe.

Churches might be spending too much time preparing us for missions and not enough for motherhood.

How marriage-happy churches are unwittingly fueling same-sex coupling—and leaving singles like me in the dust.

How the church can support these modern-day Ruths and Naomis.

Both same-sex marriage advocates and opponents have seen national recognition of the unions as inescapable. But fortune tellers don’t have great track records.

How experts are trying to shape divorce policies in fresh ways.

The rulings today on DOMA and Proposition 8 are an opportunity for gospel witness.

Its end feels like the death of a loved one with whom we've had a complicated history.

Neighborhood Film Company includes adults in recovery in the production process.

Alan Chambers's impassioned apology reflects many elements of godly repentance, but it also goes awry in three key ways.

Across the country, congregations are whipping members into shape with highly marketed, faith-based health programs. What's right—and troubling—about the trend.

How one church leader in Georgia is breaking the longstanding divide between Protestants and Orthodox.

Are we really as “biblical” as we think we are?

Former sponsored children like Moses Pulei pay it forward in their hometowns.

Amy Simpson challenges the church to step up its ministry to a vulnerable population.

How a group of Asian immigrants took a privileged, wandering guy into their family and embraced me.

Christena Cleveland, a social psychologist, is helping churches and faith-based groups transcend deep-seated divisions.

The quest for mentorship to benefit us both.