Church Life+Ministry

An Upside-Down World
Distinguishing between home and mission field no longer makes sense.
Bottom-Up Discipline
What do you do when your pastor--or your entire denomination--strays?
Exit Interviews
Why blacks are leaving evangelical ministries.
Mega-Headache
Church fights town restrictions on services.
What to Do with a Former Communist Informant
Should collaboration with persecutors be a bar to ministry? Poland's Catholics aren't the first to wonder.
Riding the Pope's Coattails
Protestants hope to share in the benefits of Turkey trip.
Surprised by Friendship
Discovering where hope begins in a village in Mozambique.
Poland Bishop Crisis Likely to Worsen
Plus: The clergy abuse scandal at five years, the latest on Judas Iscariot, ex-gay sheep, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Simple Process, Vibrant Church
Simple Church calls churches to focus on making disciples.
Signs of the Church
Quotations to stir heart and mind.
Mere Mission
N.T. Wright talks about how to present the gospel in a postmodern world.
Weblog Friday Update: New Catholic Archbishop of Warsaw Said to Be Communist Collaborator
Plus: Religion in the new Congress, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Will the 21st Be the Orthodox Century?
Fascination with the Great Tradition may signal deep changes for both evangelicals and the Orthodox.
Lennon's 'Last Temptation'
The symbol of the sixties is desecrated, and a generation falls headlong into its midlife crisis.
Sex Isn't Work
Red-Light Rescue
The 'business' of helping the sexually exploited help themselves.
Reviewing the Fundamentals
Ted Haggard's fall raises crucial questions about holiness.
Three Purposes of Christmas
Saddleback's Warren to address global audience over holiday weekend.
Passages
Deaths of Allen Finley and Pierre Gemayel, Installation of Katharine Jefferts Schori, and other stories.
Exodus from the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia
Plus: Another New Life pastor quits, Joan of Arc "relics" studied, and other stories from online sources around the world.

Top Story May 20, 2024

A New Era of AI Is Here, and the Church Is Not Ready
A New Era of AI Is Here, and the Church Is Not Ready
In the uncanny valley of the shadow of data, we should fear no evil—and prepare for a very different future.

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