Church Life+Ministry

Waging Peace on Islam
A missionary veteran of Asia proposes one way to defuse Muslim anger about the Crusades.
Our Fathers Who Are on Earth
If Satan thinks they are a key battleground, shouldn't we?
God's Housing Crisis
Why should church buildings get so much of the financial, physical, and social attention that is rightly due to the needs of Christians and others? Asked by Kofo Olomu, Cotonou, Benin
A Bow and a Kiss
Authentic worship reveals both the friendship and fear of God.
L'Abri Turns 50
Francis Schaeffer's ministry is bigger than ever.
Ratzinger's New 'Impossible Job'
What the new pope believes about the papacy, and whether he might change it.
Burning Out the Faithful
Druze attack Christians in 'pogrom.'
Upright But No Panzer Pope
Why he was chosen—and why he's no narrow-minded blockhead.
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, a German, Is Pope Benedict XVI
"Simple and humble worker" had served as head of the Vatican office on church doctrine.
The Pope We Never Knew
The unknown story of how John Paul II ushered Campus Crusade into Catholic Poland.
Quotation Marks
Recent comments on Ashley Smith, the church as mall, and religion and politics in Britain.
Christian Research Institute Sues Longtime Critic
Hanegraaff says defamation must be answered.
Say What?
Conservative theologians dismayed by recommendations on gay unions.
Moratorium Mess
U.S. Anglican leaders evade request.
Pope John Paul II, Leader of World's 1 Billion Roman Catholics, Is Dead at 84
Third-longest papacy marked by a passion to evangelize the whole world.
Big Dream in Little Rock
What multiracial church looks like in the town formerly infamous for segregation.
Harder than Anyone Can Imagine
Four working pastors—Latino, Asian, black, and white—respond to the bracing thesis of United by Faith. A CT forum with Noel Castellanos, Bill Hybels, Soong-Chan Rah, Frank Reid.
All Churches Should Be Multiracial
The biblical case.
Members of One Another
Iraq's endangered church looks to Western fellowship for help.
Longing to Be Heard
It's dangerous and lonely to be an Iraqi Christian—at home or in exile.

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Hillsong Abuse Settlement Rejected Over NDA
Hillsong Abuse Settlement Rejected Over NDA
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