Church Life+Ministry
But experts say it can offer opportunities for leaders and congregations to grow.
As a lifelong athlete and coach, I know sports build character. But I worry about the idolatrous, selfish culture of American athletics.
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Your Neighbors (Probably) Don’t Hate YouThey might not even know you’re there. When paranoia eclipses our witness, here’s what to remember.
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Chuck Swindoll Steps Down as Senior Pastor, but Won’t RetireAt 89 years old and more than 60 years into ministry, the Stonebriar Community Church founder plans to remain its primary preacher after the church names his successor.
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More Porridge? Senegal Protestants Debate Exchanging Holiday Foods with MuslimsNgalakh combines baobab fruit and peanuts to end Easter in West African nation, reciprocated by the sharing of meat breaking Ramadan’s fast.Français
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Baptists Call on House Speaker Mike Johnson to Stand with UkraineSeminary leaders say that the country, where Baptists are the largest Protestant denomination, has lost hundreds of churches in the war with Russia.
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How a Chinese-Born Research Scientist Became a Daring Online EvangelistCT’s outgoing Asia editor recalls how God led him to America, toward the Christian faith, onto the internet, and outward to serve the global Chinese church.
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The Church Loses When Our Arts Communities DieChristian writers and artists need communities of like-minded creatives so we can best serve both the church and the world.
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The Book of Job Gives Us Good News for an Unfair WorldThe book reminds us that life is unjust, but so is the gospel of God’s grace.
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Would Jesus Overturn Your Board Table?I served on the RZIM board. Christians in many leadership roles can learn from my failures.
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Died: Joseph Kayo, the Kenyan Leader Who Revolutionized Worship in East AfricaHis Pentecostalism put him at odds with many but the Deliverance Church founder stood firm in his convictions “to bring back the glory of God back to the Church in these last days.”
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Faith Deconstruction Can Be a Search for Answers or a Search for ExitsChristians should encourage doubters’ questions. They should also discern what those questions might be seeking.
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In Eclipse Darkness, Churches Will Proclaim a Great LightEvangelical congregations from Texas to Maine plan outreach events in the path of totality.
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Maamoul: The Easter Sweet Loved by Muslims, Christians, and JewsExperts debate the origin of the date- or nut-filled pastry, but Middle Eastern believers love the taste and the Good Friday symbolism in its shapes.العربية
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Good Friday’s Answers to Wounded Church MembersChrist’s crucified body holds the pain experienced by the church body.
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The Story of Jesus Christ Is a True MythEvery year, we celebrate a dying and rising God who fulfills the hopes of ages past.
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Shoes Stay On for Maundy ThursdayFew Protestant traditions continue the footwashing that Jesus did at the Last Supper. Some want a revival of the practice.
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How the Gaucho Stole Easter in UruguayMore than 100 years ago, Latin America’s most secular country abolished Christian holidays. Local church leaders have struggled to reclaim them since.español
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Praying in the Shadow of GethsemaneWhat Jesus’ midnight prayer in the garden tells us about cosmic conflict in the supernatural realm.
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Died: Sandra Crouch, Gospel Artist Who Broke with Church to Get OrdainedShe won a Grammy for “We Sing Praises,” collaborated with her brother Andraé on “Jesus Is the Answer,” and worked with everyone from Billy Graham to Michael Jackson.
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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