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Called to Kenya’s Chinatowns

Even other Christians thought it was strange when two Kenyans wanted to evangelize their Chinese neighbors.

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Preaching Today

Preaching Today, a resource of Christianity Today, provides pastors and preachers sermon prep help with sermon illustrations, sermons, sermon ideas, and preaching articles.

My Deconstruction Turned to Deconversion. But God Wasn’t Anxious.

He pursued me patiently across decades, as I passed from fundamentalism to progressive faith to another faith altogether.

A Vision for Repair

We don’t fix things anymore—relationships, democracies, or socks. That’s a problem.

Making Space for ‘Yearners’

Some in our churches live in the borderlands between committed faith and disbelief.

Some of Christianity’s Biggest Skeptics Are Becoming Vocal Converts

These “New Christians” are the result of apologetic work spanning decades. But is their faith merely intellectual?

Called to Kenya’s Chinatowns

Even other Christians thought it was strange when two Kenyans wanted to evangelize their Chinese neighbors.

Boomers: Serve Like Your Whole Life Is Ahead of You

What will our generation do with the increased life expectancy God has blessed us with?

Christian Formation for the ‘Toolbelt Generation’


I always assumed my sons would go to college. When they chose the trades, it reframed my view of higher ed—and church community.

Kristyn Getty: Joni Eareckson Tada Got Me Singing

As the famed disability advocate nears 50 years of ministry, a friend reflects on her legacy.

God Calls Me to Give. But to Everyone?

A missionary’s framework for generosity.

How a TikTok Trad Wife Decodes Our Cultural Moment

A viral video reminds us that God works through disciples, not edgelords.

How to Love Your Local Public School

Even if you have kids in private education—or no kids at all—you can be the hands and feet of Christ on campus.

Christians Are Peculiar, and That’s Okay

I joined Christianity Today not as a trite multicultural experiment but to contribute to the wonderful weirdness of building the kingdom.

The World Says Accelerate. The Church Says Abide.

Prayer, fasting, and reading Scripture in community make our days more spacious.

For Missionaries, Mental Health Feels Like a Burden and a Liability

How sending agencies are trying to bring overseas workers off the perfect Christian “pedestal” and into a counseling chair.

New Zealand Uncovers Historic Abuse in Church-Run Institutions

Survivors, advocates, and pastors call for “true repentance” among religious groups that ran schools and homes between 1950 and 1999.

The UK Race Riots Need the Voices of Returned Missionaries

I’m a missiologist and a migrant who lives in Liverpool. Can Christians who have served overseas stand up for my community?

Died: Timothy Dudley-Smith, Who Turned Metrical Poetry into Hundreds of Hymns

The Church of England minister wrote “Tell Out, My Soul,” “Lord, for the Years,” “Sing a New Song,” and “Faithful Vigil Ended.”

After Pastor Led 400 to Starve, Some Kenyan Christians Open to Church Restrictions

The local evangelical alliance that fought government proposals in 2016 now says it supports regulations to prevent a future Shakahola.

In Zimbabwe, Secular Education Is Overtaking Historic Mission Schools

The private school boom corresponds with a bigger move away from colonial-era denominations.

Why the American Church Can’t Fix Loneliness

Broken bonds and burned bridges can’t be mended by imaginary networks of relationships.

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