Church Life+Ministry

The Peacebuilding Prince
One Jordanian leader shares his deep desire to preserve the Arab Christian world.
'A Gated Community of the Soul'
Author of Faith in the Halls of Power takes evangelicals to task over no-show elites.
Walking a Fine Line
Pastors wrestle with transgender issues.
The Transgender Moment
Evangelicals hope to respond with both moral authority and biblical compassion to gender identity disorder.
Lent: Going Beyond A Hiatus from Chocolate
UK Christian organizations offer imaginative theological possibilities for Lenten practice
Ancient-Future People
Monastic Evangelicals
The attraction of ancient spiritual disciplines.
The Future Lies in the Past
Why evangelicals are connecting with the early church as they move into the 21st century.
This Samaritan Life
How to live in a culture that is vaguely suspicious of the church.
40 Days of Carbon Fasting
Starting today--Ash Wednesday, cut carbons as your Lenten observance, senior churchmen say.
Church v. Church
Korean American congregation alleges racial discrimination in church property sale.
Kazakhstan Raids Another Presbyterian Church
The international community failed to call Kazakhstan’s bluff on religious rights.
Censured Southern Baptist Critic Resigns
Wade Burleson resigned Tuesday after International Mission Board suspended him over blog's criticism.
Securing the Faithful
What New Life Church did right when a gunman showed up in its parking lot.
Post-Mayhem Woes
Tribal rivalries — including Christian-on-Christian violence — hamper healing.
Eastern Europe's Evangelical Hub
A scholar discusses the development of evangelicalism in Ukraine.
Spiritual Consumerism's Upside
Why church shopping may not be all bad.
Baptists Push Unity and a Fresh Face
More than 30 Baptist groups, minus the Southern Baptist Convention, gather for the New Baptist Covenant Celebration.
Go Figure
Recent statistics on church social service budgets, campaign donations from clergy, and regional belief in the Bible.
Arming in the Aftermath
Shooting spree at two churches prompts pastors to rethink security plans.

Top Story May 5, 2024

Conservative Methodists, Unite
Conservative Methodists, Unite
After this week’s UMC votes on LGBTQ issues, African Methodists should join American conservatives in the new Global Methodist denomination.

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