Church Life+Ministry
Died: Paul Eshleman, Who Brought ‘Jesus’ Film to the Ends of the EarthThe Campus Crusade evangelism strategist wanted everyone in the world to hear the good news that God loved them. It’s Time to Forgive Each Other Our Pandemic SinsAs the COVID-19 emergency ends, the church can lead the world into a spirit of amnesty.
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Cyrus, Pharaoh, or Xerxes: Nigerian Christians Seek Parallels for New President They OpposedBola Tinubu spurned tradition to pick a fellow Muslim as his running mate. Believers wonder if he will champion greater Islamization, be the figure able to resist it, or listen to his evangelical wife.
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Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Asian Girl NameHow did a name the Puritans made popular take off in Japanese, Korean, and Chinese immigrant circles?
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Jordan’s Churches Approve Law on Equal Inheritance for Christian WomenDraft law agreed to by 11 major denominations now needs approval by parliament.
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Vengeance Was Theirs: Armenia Honors Christian Assassins, Complicates Path to PeacePastors and professors reflect on the ethical dilemma of extrajudicial justice against Ottoman officials responsible for genocide, and on commemorating their killers today.
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Become a Shadow of Your Future SelfManifesting isn’t the answer. Consenting to holiness is.
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With Drug Overdoses on the Rise, Churches Need an All-Hands-on-Deck AttitudeConservative and progressive Christians favor different approaches, and both have their place.
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Canadian Christians Launch Collective for Climate ActionTearfund and A Rocha see the impact in humanitarian crises now and want to organize churches to help.
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Worship Music Is Emotionally Manipulative. Do You Trust the Leader Plucking the Strings?The Spirit is at work, but so are the mechanisms around high-production sets.español
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A Tale of Two New York City PastorsOne formed me. The other entertained me.
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Sola Scripturas: Can Evangelicals Befriend the ‘Protestant Reformers of Islam’?Interview with scholar of American Salafism finds commonalities—and potential for engagement—between the austere Islamic interpretive movement and the Christian community most wary of them.
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US Slavic Churches Booming with Ukrainian War RefugeesOne generation of Soviet refugees is welcoming another.русскийУкраїнська
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Russell Moore: I Already Miss Tim Keller’s Wise VoiceThe late pastor theologian gave strong counsel to me and so many others in ministry.
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Tim Keller Changed Church Planting, from City to CityFrom Beirut to Barcelona, pastors reflect on his influence.Português
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Tim Keller Wanted to Learn from the Global Church. Even Secularizing Europe.What the Reformed pastor saw in the continent's Christians—and why it earned him the respect of its church planters.Português简体中文繁體中文
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O for a Thousand Tongues of FireThe Spirit’s descent at Pentecost is a model for diverse and distributed leadership.
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They Sang ‘a Heavenly Song’ in a Dark Chinese JailTwo Chinese Christian women ministered to their cellmates and prison guards with stories, prayers, and hymns.简体中文繁體中文
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She Was Born into Slavery. She Became a Missionary to Africa at 56.How an American school teacher spread God's love in King Leopold's Congo.
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Our Beloved Ones Don’t Become Angels When They DieDespite what Chinese religions and pop culture might suggest, they stay human—and that’s a good thing.简体中文繁體中文
News & Reporting
- Nondenominational Churches Are Adding Millions of Members. Where Are They Coming From?It’s not mainline traditions anymore.
- With Gen Z, Women Are No Longer More Religious than MenYounger generations see female nones on the rise.
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In Action
- Trading Spaces: Inner City Helps the SuburbsSuburban poor change the direction of ministry.
- Persecution Prompts Missions Agency to TransformOperation Mobilization India transforms itself into a local witness.
- Constructing PeaceOne Olympic athlete's efforts to build relationships between Sudan's Christians and Muslims.
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