Church Life+Ministry

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
Where to Find the Real Atheists
Lent teaches us how much we Christians hate God.
Death Tax Resurrected
Churches and nonprofits poised to benefit from estate gifts.
Hiding What They Seek
In my desire to be 'seeker-friendly,' I'm often guilty of concealing Jesus.
Muslim Priest and Buddhist Bishop-Elect Are Raising Questions About Syncretism
For years, Episcopal Church leaders have taught that God can be found in other faiths. Now some clergy are pursuing him there.
Making the Local Church a Hero
The untold success story of Willow Creek in Africa.
Standing with the Desolate
The anguish of working for those who suffer for their faith.

Top Story May 5, 2024

Conservative Methodists, Unite
Conservative Methodists, Unite
After this week’s UMC votes on LGBTQ issues, African Methodists should join American conservatives in the new Global Methodist denomination.

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