Church Life+Ministry
India By Any Other Name? Christians Braced for ‘Bharat’ or NotBelievers weigh what the latest postcolonial name change discussion would mean for religious freedom and pluralism in the Hindu-majority nation. Rosaria Butterfield Issues Five Battle Cries for the Church MilitantThere is much to admire in her views on church and community, but also much to find troubling in her new polemic.
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Eating Bitterness: My Culture Helps Me Persevere. The Bible Helps Me Hope.Both talk about endurance in suffering, but only Scripture encourages me to boast in my weakness.
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Evangelical Colleges Celebrate Best-Ever Enrollment NumbersStudents impacted by pandemic isolation seem drawn to Christian communities and education.
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How Asbury Marketing Navigated the Potential Pitfalls of Revival Fame“This was not ours. And we don’t take credit.”
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How Japanese American Pastors Prepared Their Flocks For InternmentSermons preached the Sunday before they were sent off exhorted suffering Christians to find their hope in Jesus and to continue to gather together.
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Mitt Romney Chose Truth Over Tribe. We Should Too.Character and competency matter all the time, whether that’s in public office or the church.
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Tony Evans Brings Up the Mixed Emotions of Remarriage After LossHis engagement announcement reflects the complications of grief and celebration that Christians experience with second marriages.
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Senator Demands to Know if World Vision Is Funding TerrorismChristian aid organization says it is not and defends former director sentenced to prison in Israel.
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All About That Tenor: Why Men Don’t Sing in WorshipMusic experts say we don't need more "manly songs," but we do need to help lower voices find their place
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Jesus Paid It All. There’s Still So Much We Owe.Why the call to good works goes hand in hand with the free gift of grace.
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Single Christian Women Are Much More Than Their WombsThe early church elevated females for their faith witness, not their fertility. We should do the same today.
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Morocco Earthquake Moves Marginalized Churches to Christian CharityTheir faith unrecognized by the government, local believers serve displaced neighbors seeking shelter and the will of God.Français
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Wheaton College Releases Report on Its History of RacismTask force and trustees call for community repentance, starting with a change to the name of the library.
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Church Is Life Together or Not at AllIt’s time for evangelicals to rediscover Bonhoeffer’s best-known work on the nature of Christian community.español
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Esau McCaulley: The Streets Sent Me to the PulpitBut then my path to preaching took an unexpected turn.
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Amazing Grace, How Sweet the MeowI used to hate cats. Now my pet is a daily reminder of God’s generosity to me.
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How to Talk to a Christian-Curious AgnosticA new breed of secular seeker is replacing the New Atheists. But how can we reach them?
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Do Christians Belong in Southeast Asia? Pew Polled Buddhists and Muslims[UPDATED] New religion survey of 13,000 adults across six nations examines conversion, karma, and compatibility with national identity.Indonesian
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New Yorkers Watch as Their Only Evangelical Colleges CloseThe abrupt departure of Alliance University and The King’s College leaves a hole in an influential city.
News & Reporting
- Baptism by Flood: Kherson Christians Persevere After Ukraine Dam’s DestructionOccupied, liberated, and now underwater, Kherson remains on the frontline of fighting—and faith, as a local seminary president explains.
- Nondenominational Churches Are Adding Millions of Members. Where Are They Coming From?It’s not mainline traditions anymore.
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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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