Church Life+Ministry
Ten years after Pakistan’s highest Christian official was martyred, religious freedom advocates apply his life’s lessons.
How his example can encourage believers who “walk in darkness, and see no light.”
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And Campaign to Add 13 New Chapters During PandemicPolitical tensions and growing racial awareness have fueled interest in its message of social justice and biblical morality.
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Iraq’s Struggling Christians Hope for Boost from Pope Francis VisitLandmark trip will include Qaraqosh, where most families fled ISIS yet some are now trying to restore the Christian heartland of the Nineveh Plains.
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Died: Celebrate Recovery Founder John Baker, Who Shifted Evangelicals’ Approach to AddictionThe Saddleback Church pastor developed the popular Christ-centered 12-step program for “hurts, habits, and hang-ups.”
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Most ‘Nones’ Still Keep the FaithWhen research looks beyond affiliation, the move away from religious institutions becomes more nuanced.
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Southern Baptists Expel Two More Churches Over AbuseTop leaders address divides in the denomination at the first in-person Executive Committee meeting in a year.
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Reading While Not BlackHow a group of white church planters learned to listen to African Americans and build a better Christian community.
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If Muslims Can Build Churches in Egypt, Has Persecution Ended?With a Christian activist in jail and a grandmother humiliated, religious freedom advocates weigh the value of progress in church legalization and public rhetoric.
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Who Will Save Algeria’s Closed Churches: the UN, US, or Hirak?World body challenges North African nation over its treatment of Christians, while local evangelical leaders take heart in renewed protests.
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Canadian Baptists Push Race Conversation Beyond Black History MonthWith new president, Atlantic churches seek fuller reckoning with complicated history.
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Interview: The Middle East Church Must Resemble Salt, not RabbitsNew leader of Middle East Council of Churches says the quality of believers preserves their witness, if not their numbers.
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20 Truths from ‘How to Revive Evangelism’ by Craig Springer“Evangelism training should have as its utmost priority developing and training great listeners.”
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560 UK Churches Ready to Welcome Hong Kong WaveBritish Christians seek to learn from past Windrush mistakes in their nation’s largest planned migration in 50 years.
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Ravi Zacharias’s Denomination Revokes OrdinationThe Christian and Missionary Alliance finds “pattern of predatory behavior” but defends handling of previous accusation.
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When I Had No Heat, You Welcomed Me: Texas Churches Offer RefugeWith freezes knocking out power across the state, ministry networks rally to help.
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Jordan’s Orthodox Archbishop Moves to Deny Evangelicals Full Legal RecognitionArchbishop Christophoros Atallah told Judicial Council last month that evangelical churches are “a danger” to society.
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Don’t Diminish Ravi Zacharias’s Abuse With ‘We’re All Sinners’Accountability begins with right theology.
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Lent Is a Time to Sing the BluesIn the American music of brokenness and sorrow, my church learns to long for God’s restoration.
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In a Year of Death, Ash Wednesday Offers Unexpected HopeThe liturgy of the first day of Lent leads us through dust to the Eucharist.
News & Reporting
- Tim Keller Asks for Prayers for Pancreatic CancerThe New York pastor and author announced his diagnosis Sunday and begins chemo next week.españolPortuguêsFrançais简体中文한국어Indonesian繁体中文
- Easter Was the Bible App’s Biggest Day EverDuring the locked-down holiday, 40.6 million people read Scripture on the popular app.
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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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