Church Life+Ministry
Grading the Movement
Three leaders talk frankly about Pentecostalism: the good, the bad, and the unpredictable.
Profitable Servants
New mutual fund expands the church-bond market.
Furrowed Brows Inc.
The culture war's biggest casualties may be Christian joy and hope.
Zimbabwe Nightmare
Christians try to negotiate ministry in southern Africa's most failed state.
Statistical Illusion
New study confirms that we go to church much less than we say.
The Tiger in the Academy
Asian Americans populate America's elite colleges more than ever—and campus ministries even more than that.
Pentecostals: The Sequel
What will it take for this world phenomenon to stay vibrant for another 100 years?
Stepping to Success
One reason Randy and Paula White's Without Walls is one of the country's fastest-growing congregations.
Our Anti-Intellectual Heritage
The history and beliefs of the Pentecostal movement, often shared by evangelicals, hold the seeds of a bias against the life of the mind.
What Was CPT Doing in Iraq?
The original vision of a peacemaker force from the man who started it.
Africa's Azusa Street
East Africa has experienced Pentecost continually for nearly 80 years.
Holiness Manifesto
Leaders of historic Wesleyan Holiness denominations restate their doctrine for the 21st century.
Holiness Without the Legalism
Ten denominations cooperate to revive their historic emphasis.
Militants Besiege Mission in North India
Hindu nationalists crack down on ministry to poor, sick.
Give It Away, Give It Away Now
The mission of the church does need to be reclaimed from modernism, but we don't need postmodernism to tell us so—we have Scripture.
Community In, Not Of, Capitalism
Our modern notions of money and possessions blind us to the reality that everything belongs to God and therefore our church community.
Top Story May 19, 2024
The Miracle of the EarSpeech was not God’s only miracle at Pentecost. The Spirit also gave the gift of understanding, overcoming division and contempt.
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