Church Life+Ministry

Five Errors to Drop from Your Christmas Sermon
If you want to help people see Christmas with fresh eyes, start by dropping these familiar fallacies.
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Teen Mania: Why We're Shutting Down After 30 Years of Acquire the Fire
CT exclusive: Ron Luce explains why the global youth ministry is calling it quits.
Preachiness Never Changed Anybody's Mind
An excerpt from CT's Beautiful Orthdoxy Book of the Year.
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The Beautiful Orthodoxy Book of the Year
The 2015 release that best embodies CT's pursuit of truthfulness and loveliness.
Christianity Today's 2016 Book Awards
Our picks for the books most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture.
Remembering David Steinmetz's Quest to Free the Church from Amnesia
How the legendary Reformation scholar sought to regain the church's identity from the past.
Beyond Fight or Flight: $1 Million Reveals How Christians Cope with Persecution in 30 Countries
Under Caesar's Sword conference in Rome explores strategies in 100 beleaguered communities.
‘I Am Called a Cult Leader. I Really Don’t Care.’
How one of the world’s most beloved worship songs reportedly helped to fuel spiritual abuse at Wayne Jolley’s The Gathering International.
Report Details Why Gospel for Asia Lost ECFA Membership
Longtime board member releases documents on missions agency’s troubled management.
Pastors and Pews Vastly Disagree on Discipleship Success
On behalf of The Navigators and NavPress, Barna Group studies the state of Protestant spiritual growth.
Don’t Call Him Kanye’s Pastor
Rich Wilkerson Jr., a Pentecostal church-planter with famous friends, gets his own reality show.
Church Planting 2015: Who Attends and What Attracted Them
Successful new churches share four factors, LifeWay Research finds.
The World's Most Popular Bible Verses, According to 200 Million YouVersion Users
Every second, 112 people open the Bible app. Here’s what they’re looking at.
The Blessing of Missing Christmas
In my Jewish home, my lonely celebrations as a teen changed how I view the holiday.
Surprise Change in How Multiethnic Churches Affect Race Views
They’re now altering black attitudes more than white ones. But is that bad?
Researchers Reveal Recent Shifts Among American Megachurches
Fewer seats, more Communion among findings by Leadership Network and Hartford Institute.
Should Christians Give Money to Ministries Deep in Debt?
Experts weigh giving to insolvent faith-based organizations.
The Secret Ingredient of Our Poverty Relief
Economists are showing that one attitude makes a statistical difference in developing nations.
The Divine Rise of Multilevel Marketing
Behind the $34 billion industry making its way to your church.
Noonday Collection: Where Fashion Statement Meets Mission Statement
One of the fastest-growing companies in the country supports global artisans and funds Christian adoptions.
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