Church Life+Ministry

Wisdom in Contextualization: How Far Is Too Far?
How does the word "contextualization" make you feel? Free or fearful?
Why Being a Pastor-Scholar Is Nearly Impossible
Three tensions of combining pastoral and academic work.
Let's De-Mythologize Church Culture
It's tempting to believe what may say about the Christian church, but discernment is important.
Gleanings: October 2015
Important developments in the church and the world (as they appeared in our October issue).
A Beautiful Escape
CT transcends the bitter realism in and outside the church.
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Responses to our July/August issue.
A History Lesson
Why we need one from time to time.
Pope Francis and Our Call to Evangelize the Cynics
Embracing the incremental work of our witness.
Church Splits Are Hell. This Play About One Isn’t.
Lucas Hnath’s "The Christians" gets complicated human and church life right.
Community Matters: The Importance of Transformational Small Groups
We must cultivate a multiplying network of small groups that bind the church together.
Christian, Meet Confucius
Forget the made-up Internet quotes. The ancient Chinese philosopher has serious wisdom for followers of Christ.
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My Dad, the Sinner and Saint
How I learned to see my father as more than his unfaithful past.
Marks of a Biblical Church Part 2: Biblical Churches in Different Contexts
The characteristics of a "biblical church" must be true in all cultural contexts.
Died: Menes Abdul Noor, 85, Former Pastor of Middle East’s Largest Evangelical Church
Author/translator of 100 books, Abdul Noor used literacy campaigns and Bible-based preaching to spread the gospel.
20 Truths from The High Definition Leader by Derwin Gray
Do you have what it takes to be a high definition leader?
Should Denominations Apologize for Racial Acts They Didn’t Commit?
The Presbyterian Church in America debates the sins of its fathers.
Brené Brown: Why We Need to Own Our Failures
Our darkest chapters don’t require a Christian rewrite.
Whole As Whole Can Be: Dieting While Loving Ourselves and Our Neighbors
The challenge of clean eating and community.
The Black Church: A Necessary Refuge
I learned at age five that many US churches are unsafe for black people.
Tough Love for the Black Church
Thabiti Anyabwile, a Reformed pastor in Washington, D.C., offers celebration, critique, and hope for revival.

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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