Church Life+Ministry

Hunger by the Numbers
Hunger Has a Profile
Working at my local food pantry helped me personalize the statistics.
Civil Religion's Sharper Teeth
All believers welcome, so long as they aren't religious.
Dispatch from the Gospel Coalition Conference
Reformed pastors overflow their second national meeting.
Some Preachers, Long Gone, Keep Preaching from Beyond the Grave
Pastors' messages continue through TV, radio, and the Internet, even as some listeners probably don't even know they're gone.
How to Shrink a Church
It's not that easy, but hopefully it's the new evangelical trend.
El Salvador's Values Voters
Evangelicals discount portrayal as leftist voting bloc.
Q & A: Carl Moeller
The president and CEO of Open Doors USA updated CT on North Korea, which the group ranks as the world's worst persecutor of Christians.
Goodbye Charity
Churches and charitable institutions provide services that some politicians feel belong to the federal government.
Death By Deism
No merely civil religion alone can sustain a free republic.
Happiness Is Not Hope
How Easter Sunday can become the unhealthy denial of death.
Faith on the Frontera
Drug violence halts church trips to short-term missions mecca.
A Problematic Peace Accord
Christians in Swat Valley brace for Taliban rule.
Iowa Churches: We Need to Be Clear on Same-Sex Marriage
But pastors disagree whether last week's court decision should mean more activism on the issue.
Caring for the Caregivers
Studies suggest that pastors' health declines are a church problem.
Church Pink Slips
Tax exemption means layoffs hit congregations' employees harder.
Questioning Everything?
Why you can't always tell a book by its cover--or title.
Q & A: Rick Warren
The megachurch pastor who faced backlash for praying at the President's inauguration talks to CT about politics, a new magazine, and the economy.
Religion Still Isn't Dead
What the new American Religious Identification Survey really shows.
Wonder-filled Travel

Top Story April 25, 2024

If This Ain’t Country, Expand Your Canon
If This Ain’t Country, Expand Your Canon
Beyoncé’s right. Whether listening to Cowboy Carter or reading theology, diversity is a good thing.

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