Church Life+Ministry

Launch of the Chicagoland Church Planting Alliance
The Moody Church hosted the inaugural meeting.
The LAUNCH Survey: Helpful and Hindering Factors for Launching into Long-Term Missions
Sending agency surveyed 299 long-term missionaries.
Engaging Churches in Caring for Incarcerated Persons and Their Families
Correctional ministry leader calls churches to care for the incarcerated as they do the sick.
Healing Victims of Human Trafficking: A Long, Slow Road to Transformation
When we give our lives to the service of others, THEY will change US.
The Calling | 36 min
How BJ Thompson Shoulders the Burdens of Other People's Marriages
A member of Lecrae's hip-hop collective set his sights on something fundamental.
Sharing the Gospel with People Who Aren't Thinking about Death or Eternity
How do we witness to people who don't think about heaven and aren't fearful of hell?
Church-Planting Shifts, Part Three: Preparing Our People for Witness
How do we prepare the mission force for the mission field?
John Perkins: I Wish I Had Done More to Help Poor White People
An excerpt from ‘Dream with Me: Race, Love, and the Struggle We Must Win.’
Missionaries Dreamed Of This Muslim Moment. Trump’s Travel Ban May End It.
Why American evangelicals see Islam so differently.
30 Day Infusions to Be Better Followers of Christ
30 days and four essential practices
Missions Sunday: Hermeneutics for Healthy Churches, Part Two
Training in biblical interpretation should be an integral part of every missions strategy.
The Diffusion and Influence of Contemporary Worship
How does worship music style relate to congregational growth?
Does the United States Belong on Persecution Lists?
Experts weigh in.
They Will Know We Are Christians by Our Drinks
In the Muslim world, Christians have a complicated relationship with alcohol.
How God Rescued Me from the ‘Mormon Charles Manson’
My earthly father wrecked my life. Now my Heavenly Father is rebuilding it.
The Church's Three-Part Harmony
Why evangelical, sacramental, and Pentecostal Christians belong together in one body.
The Strange Encouragement of the Church’s Appalling History
The lives of our greatest heroes often undermined the gospel they so eloquently preached.
Gleanings: April 2017
Important developments in the church and the world (as they appeared in our April issue).
Putting Pastors to Pasture in Nigeria
Churches protest law requiring ministry leaders to resign after age 70 or 20 years.
Evangelical Leaders Challenge Trump’s ‘America First’ Budget
Group of 100 prominent Christians worry severe cuts to foreign aid will reverse progress at reducing poverty.

Top Story November 10, 2020

Jon Tyson: ‘Run into the Controversy’
Jon Tyson: ‘Run into the Controversy’
Why the NYC pastor’s goal is “to winsomely offend everybody.”

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