Church Life+Ministry

The Rise of Women and the Manhood Crisis
'Malestrom' author: When women flourish, men flourish too.
Pope Apologizes to 'First Evangelicals' for Persecution
The Waldensians suffered years of massacre, rape, and pillaging during the Catholic Church’s attempt to stomp it out.
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After Mars Hill, Will the Multisite Church Movement Grow Up?
More small churches are joining big ones in order to keep their doors open. Can multisite congregations grow without treating congregations as little more than real estate?
Pastor Exposed as Faithful to Wife of 17 Years
Despite the headlines, marital scandals don’t define the church.
Blogging Truth to Power
Why we listen to watchdogs and whistleblowers (from two of us who have been there)
What Mark Driscoll Told Brian Houston at Hillsong Conference
(UPDATED) Debate continues over how long pastoral restoration should take.
Gleanings: July/August 2015
Important developments in the church and the world (as they appeared in our July/August issue).
Cooking up Hope
A snapshot of Christian witness in the world (as it appeared in our July/August issue).
The Poverty Fighters' Bible
Six years later, 'When Helping Hurts' is still shaking up the church’s approach to charity.
'Korean Evangelicals on Steroids'
Meet the band of intensely devoted Asian missionaries working around the clock to re-Christianize America.
Healing Mission Field PTSD
How trauma counseling helps missionaries and the populations they serve.
7 Practical Things the Church Can Do for Veterans
How spiritual communities can tend the hurting souls of veterans.
InterVarsity Regains Access to Cal State Campuses
(UPDATED) Requiring Christian leaders will no longer bar student ministry from recognition.
Why Christians Are Fleeing One of Africa's Oldest and Largest Christian Homelands
Beyond the search for a better life, evangelicals and Orthodox in Ethiopia increasingly share even more.
How Christians Can Observe Ramadan
A billion Muslims are fasting and seeking God. Let’s pray he comes to them.
All Good Things Must Come to an End
Every ending is a new beginning.
Kay Warren Remembers the ‘Radical Obedience’ of Elisabeth Elliot
Elliot was a spiritual mentor for a generation of Jesus Freaks.
Missionary Pioneer Elisabeth Elliot Passes Through Gates of Splendor
Books by widow of martyred Jim Elliot were staples in many evangelical homes.
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The Source of True Joy
Joy is not found in our circumstances.
As Church Plants Grow, Southern Baptists Disappear
Nation’s largest Protestant group lost 200,000 members last year, biggest decline since 1881.

Top Story May 18, 2024

AI Preachers and Teachers? No Thanks, Say Most Americans.
AI Preachers and Teachers? No Thanks, Say Most Americans.
American Bible Society study finds majority don’t trust technology with spiritual matters.

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