Church Life+Ministry

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.
Armstrongism Is Wrong, But Not Murderous
A Christian who left the Worldwide Church of God before it turned orthodox says the Living Church of God isn't responsible for Terry Ratzmann's rampage.
Food Fights
State governments increasingly regulate church potlucks.
Healing a Sick Land'
German evangelist bolsters Nigerian reconciliation efforts.
Hand-Clapping in a Gothic Nave
What Pentecostals and mainliners can learn from each other.
Missionaries Pinched by Dollar's Decline
Overseas, the buck's bang has been reduced to a whimper, forcing missionaries to raise more money at home to do the same work.
Killer Taxes
Missionaries face a choice: Pay up or get out of Kenya.
Spirituality for All the Wrong Reasons
Eugene Peterson talks about lies and illusions that destroy the church.
Churchly Holiness: An Evangelical Response
Even as Jesus loves all human beings, he will judge all human works.
In Anglican Report, There's Something for Everyone, Once Again
But can Via Media approach continue to keep the churches together?
The French Reconnection
Europe's most secular country rediscovers its Christian roots.

Top Story April 26, 2024

Where Worship Doesn’t Translate
Where Worship Doesn’t Translate
How groups like Hillsong learned to let go of the literal in favor of creative collaboration.
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