Church Life+Ministry
How to Lead Well as a Church Planting Leader
Three tips from my own experience as a church planting leader.
Asia Rising: The Top 50 Countries Where It’s Hardest to Follow Jesus
China’s church raids drew headlines, but 26 countries—including India—treated Christians worse in 2018.
No Sign Language in the World Has Its Own Bible Translation
Deaf communities around the world are still waiting to experience God's Word in their first language. How much longer will it be?
Preoccupied with Love: Lifting High Evangelism Again
"In Christ, we are never alone in an ultimate and enduring sense, and that is great news to the lonely."
The Top Reasons Young People Drop Out of Church
Even with 1 in 4 leaving over politics, college kids are more likely to return after a hiatus than leave for good.
Why I’m Optimistic Amidst a Cultural Crisis
Hope never emerges from easy answers to the questions of a broken world. Hope comes from a Person.
Pastor Matt Chandler on Going Back to School at The Wheaton Grad School
At 45, Matt Chandler enrolled in the graduate program at Wheaton College. I asked him why.
Preoccupied with Love: Lifting High Evangelism Again
An interview with Trillia Newbell.
Making Grace Visible: Reflections on Our Calling
Unless we are proximate, there is no opportunity to show grace.
Mental Illness and the Church: Some Brief Thoughts on Some Ways to Engage Better
People are getting better at talking about mental illness, but there is still a stigma.
CT Women’s Top 10 Articles of 2018
Why being ‘spiritual’ is never enough, how Kate Bowler experienced Christ in her cancer, and 10 lessons from same-sex abuse inside the church.
Remembering Lamin Sanneh, the World’s Leading Expert on Christianity and Islam in Africa
Scholars explain how a convert “summoned from the margins” of The Gambia became a legend at Yale Divinity School for his curiosity, joy, and deep insights.
Why Song of Solomon Is Key to the Great Commission
Working effectively for Christ requires intimacy with him.
Harvest Bible Chapel Wants to Drop Defamation Suit Against Critics
James MacDonald’s church takes unfavorable ruling as “God’s direction” to abandon legal effort against Julie Roys and Elephant’s Debt blog.
Missional Atrophy and the Thought Police
Is theological uniformity required in order to trust the missionary intentions of fellow kingdom laborers?
The Audacity of Mary
God chooses the unlikely yet obedient to be his image bearers.
The Gospel in Every Sign Language: Passion Raises $450K for Deaf Bible Translations
Christians in 16 countries will finally get their own versions of New Testament stories.
Five Ways to Be a More Effective Leader in 2019
Some food for thought as you reflect on where God has you and who he has under your care.
Ten Theses on Creation and Evolution That (Most) Evangelicals Can Support
We won’t achieve perfect unanimity on every contested topic.
Top Story November 10, 2020

Why the NYC pastor’s goal is “to winsomely offend everybody.”
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