Church Life+Ministry
Christian Sex Ed in an Age of Ubiquitous Porn
How anxious parents should speak with their kids about a complicated topic.
Here Comes the Son: Church Turns Christmas Pageant Into Beatles Rock Opera
For more than a decade, Let it Be Christmas has celebrated the Gospel “according to Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, George, and Ringo.”
Does Business Leadership Belong in the Church?
Business tools aren’t the key to having a healthy church, but they can help the church remove unnecessary obstacles to fulfilling her mission.
Fleming Rutledge: Advent Begins Where Human Potential Ends
This season invites us to turn our face toward the future of God, not man.
Should Methodists Split into Two, Three, or Four Churches? Delegates Consider.
A year after a historic vote to settle stance on homosexuality, the denomination is planning for divide.
Black Protestants, Evangelicals Top Rankings for Longest Sermons
Pew Research Center finds more mentions of praise in black churches’ messages and more mentions of sin in evangelicals’.
Shibboleth: The Most Significant Missiological Issue in North America
More than anything else, and perhaps now more than ever, a seeking world needs to see the shibboleth of Jesus by the people who claim to represent his name.
When Prayer Requests Become Viral Hashtags
Online outlets like CaringBridge, GoFundMe, and social media accounts have the power to turn individual medical crises into trending topics.
Christians in the Age of Callout Culture
How Christians lost the benefit of the doubt—and why we need to find the good in each other again.
Lies Pastors Believe, Part Two
Before we look at strategy or plans, let’s first look to Jesus and to what he wants to do in and through us. After all, he led us into ministry, and he can give us the strength and guidance to help us continue, and finish well, no matter how long the journey ahead.
Lies Pastors Believe, Part One
Pastors are called on constantly to help people fix their lives, because pastors minister to people who are broken. But pastors are broken people, too.
How a Denomination Helped Its Churches to Break the 200 Barrier
An interview with Phil Chorlian of the Vineyard Churches.
Don’t Remember Reinhard Bonnke for His Crowd Sizes
Focusing on the numbers obscures the German evangelist's real legacy in Africa.
Inspired Questions: A New Approach to Prison Ministry
As we intentionally draw attention to the Scriptures, which reveal Jesus’s power, presence, ministry, words, deeds, miracles, and wisdom, we should also give concerted attention to the very questions the Holy Spirit inspired for us to read and consider.
Christianity Today’s 2020 Book Awards
Our picks for the books most likely to shape evangelical life, thought, and culture.
What If I’m Not the ‘Submissive’ Type?
I used to be repulsed by Ephesians 5. Then I learned to see Paul’s instructions through a gospel lens.
The Bible App’s Most Popular Verse of 2019: ‘Do Not Worry’
YouVersion users look for comfort the third year in row, while Bible Gateway’s list includes John 3:16 and multiple psalms.
Religion, Retention, and Why We Stay or Go
The center is disappearing in American politics and American religion. Moderates are becoming an endangered species.
Died: Reinhard Bonnke, Record-Setting Evangelist to Africa
Founder of Christ for All Nations, the German Pentecostal held one of the biggest evangelism crusades in history.
Samoa Bans Kids from Church as Measles Outbreak Kills 63
Advent will be “mellow” on South Pacific island as government restricts public gatherings amid vaccination campaign.
Top Story November 10, 2020

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