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Even in Canada, Conservative Churches Are Growing
Mainline churches with evangelical leanings outpace their liberal counterparts, study says.
Kate Shellnutt|
News
Princeton Seminary Reforms Its Views on Honoring Tim Keller
School rescinds a major theology prize amid complaints over women’s ordination.
Kate Shellnutt|
Speaking Out
Tim Keller and John Inazu: How Christians Can Bear Gospel Witness in an Anxious Age
Our confidence in the gospel spurs us to serve our communities, not to shrink back when they decide they no longer need us.
John D. Inazu and Timothy Keller|
News
Evangelicals Cheer Pro-Life Vote at Methodist Conference
(UPDATE) On the last day of the General Conference, Methodists repeal four decades of Roe v Wade support.
Kate Shellnutt|
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Methodists Won’t Vote on Gay Marriage This Year After All
(UPDATE) With a narrow vote to pass same-sex questions to committee, Methodists band-aid over rumors of split.
Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra|
Cover Story
Dear Pastor, Can I Come to Your Church?
Inside a new experiment on evangelicals, mainline Protestants, and race.
Bradley Wright|
Commentary
Rachel Held Evans Returns to Church
The popular blogger joins the mainline tradition. Can evangelicals wish her well?
Katelyn Beaty|
Book Review
America Does Not Live by Elite Consensus Alone
After World War II, a small cluster of intellectuals determined our cultural values. George Marsden says we need more voices at the table.
Grant Wacker|
News
Flip That Church
Why construct a new building when you can upcycle an old one?
Melissa Steffan|
Contra Mundum
Catholics and Baptists Together
The recent synod of bishops sounded notes Protestants can sing.
Timothy George|
Spotlight
The End of Nominal Protestantism
What does the rise of the religiously unaffiliated mean for the future of mainline denominations?
Wire Story
What's Driving Evangelical Enthusiasm?
Data shows growing Catholic-evangelical "intensity gap"—but it doesn't indicate exactly why.
David Gibson, Religion News Service|
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Episcopal Church Approves Same-Sex Blessing Rites
The move comes after Presbyterians and Methodists retained the denominations' definition of marriage as between a man and a woman.
Sarah Pulliam Bailey in Indianapolis|
Book Review
The Course of Christian Zionism
A new book surveys the surprising shifts in evangelical and mainline Christian attitudes toward Jewish statehood.
Gary Burge|
Interview
Joy in the Midst of Terror
How Andrew White's Baghdad congregation brings God's love to a war-torn land.
Interview by Joe Carter|
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Youth Movement: Finns Seek Renewal
Lutheran leaders want to push out young conservatives.
Ruth Moon|
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Renewal Groups Strategize after the PC(USA) Drops Celibacy Clause for Gay Clergy
Churches discuss future paths since the votes came in for the Presbyterian Church(USA) to open the door to ordaining non-celibate homosexuals.
Bobby Ross Jr.|
Speaking Out
Bishop's Move: Rowan Williams's Latest Firestorm
A leading British evangelical comments on the Archbishop of Canterbury's turn as guest editor of 'New Statesman.'
Krish Kandiah|
Wire Story
Katrina Volunteers Continue, Even When it Costs Them
Volunteers remain willing to donate time and labor, even if it means that they have to pay.
Bruce Nolan, Religion News Service|
Speaking Out
The Road to Gay Ordination in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
The denominational battle has been going on for decades. The historical record is much older.
S. Donald Fortson III|

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