Church Life+Ministry

Our Stories: Seeing Through the "Before" and "After"
Our testimonies should point to God's faithfulness even before our conversion.
Is Your Trip Tourism or Missions?
After years of debate, the line is blurrier than ever.
Meet the Protestant Exorcists
How fighting the devil became an ecumenical pursuit.
Tithing Over Text Is Now a Multi-Billion Dollar Industry
Digital giving is boosting the church’s bottom line—as well as companies like Pushpay and Tithe.ly, who process the donations.
Church Planting Series: Why Don’t We Plant?
In this first of five articles, I want to shed some light on what may be hindering us from kingdom work.
Our October Issue: Short-Term Memory
Bearing witness well.
How Norine Brunson Prayed When Her Husband Was Imprisoned
Brunson describes the spiritual habits that helped her face persecution in Turkey.
Maranatha & Mission: How Can God Use Pain for the Sake of Those Around Us?
What if tragedy is only the beginning of God's victorious story?
Dallas Megachurch Puts On Mass Wedding for Dozens of Cohabitating Couples
Pastor’s challenge asks members to honor God in their relationship—that means marry or move out.
Maranatha & Mission: Maranatha Moments in a World Filled with Tragedy
Sometimes "Come, Lord Jesus" is all we can say—and that's okay.
A Parent’s Guide to “Yes” and “No”
Jesus' command to "Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’" has major implications for a family unit.
Netflix Is Making It Harder to Be a Missionary
No matter if it’s streaming sports, TV shows, or family updates—it’s hard to do ministry if you’re still tied to your old life.
A Reproducible Lifestyle and the De-emphasis of Clergy Can Lead to Movement
Two things leaders can do to keep Jesus the center of a missional movement.
The Falls Church Anglican Lost Its Historic Building, But Its New Sanctuary Still Feels Like Coming Home
Seeing my family’s church consecrate a space of its own—years after a denominational split and legal fight—reminded me of God’s providence in where he places us.
Is American Christianity on Its Last Legs? The Data Say Otherwise.
Two new books push back on Chicken-Little narratives of evangelical decline.
Four Ways New Hispanic Churches Are Challenging Church Planting in America
We are witnessing the de-Europeanization of American Christianity.
Benny Hinn’s Prosperity Gospel Message Started Here
What inspired one of Christianity’s most polemic movements?
Why This Asian Presbyterian Can’t Quit the White Pentecostal Church
How I became convinced Christianity is more than ethnicity.
A Pastor Dies By Suicide: Three Things We All Need to Know
As many of us learned of Jarrid Wilson’s suicide, I’m reminded that pastors (and Christians) are not immune, and being honest about that is good for all of us.

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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