Church Life+Ministry

Does the Church’s First Spiritual Abuse Verdict Give Critics a New Weapon?
We emulate Jesus when we expose abuse. But dividing it into special categories may do more harm than good.
My Undocumented Boyfriend’s Parents Taught Me True Hospitality
I was welcomed by my future in-laws who were unwelcome in my own country.
Video-Driven, Multisite Church Planting in Rural North America
Bringing big church opportunities to small communities
The Top 50 Countries Where It’s Most Dangerous to Follow Jesus
If trends continue, North Korea will no longer be the world’s worst persecutor of Christians.
Visionary Leadership
President of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference contributes to a new series
The Gospel Life Podcast
Start each week with this encouragement to show and share the love of Jesus.
Died: ‘Mr. Awana’ Arthur Rorheim
The 99-year-old proved the power of kids ministry and got millions going to church on weeknights.
What Tim Keller and Michael Gerson Want You to Know About How America Spends Its Money
“It’s possible for a church with deep resources for doing good to get co-opted by nationalism. I don’t want that to happen now.”
How Podcasting Hurts Preaching
Sermons belong in church, not our earbuds.
CT’s 25 Most-Read Stories on the Persecuted Church
ISIS bombs Egyptian churches, Russia restricts religious freedom, Nepal criminalizes conversion, and more.
I’m a Rural Pastor! What Now?
Do not make any changes in the first year.
The Unlikely Crackup of Evangelicalism
The problems are real—but exaggerated.
Who Evangelicals Lost in 2017
Remembering Nabeel Qureshi, R. C. Sproul, Peter Berger, Haddon Robinson, and others.
Migrating into God’s Kingdom: A Testimony
In God, there is a unique identity for every immigrant.
FEMA: Churches Flooded by Harvey Can Receive Aid
Agency revises guidelines due to last year's biggest Supreme Court religious freedom case.
Millennials Can Leave Evangelicalism. But Not Its Pop Culture.
Does the cottage industry around Christian subculture nostalgia reveal the church’s failures—or its successes?
The Gospel Turns the ‘Try Harder’ Mentality on Its Head
Our own strength is insufficient to carry us to places of greater faith
The Top 20 Christianity Today Articles of 2017
The theology beneath the Trump-Comey conflict, BSF rewrites the rulebook, and Benny Hinn's nephew shares his testimony.
Top 10 Posts of 2017
It's that time of year.
Building Bridges of Witness in Turkey
To be Turkish is to be Muslim.

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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