Church Life+Ministry

India's Christians Prominent in Casualties and Aid
Velankanni basilica, Christian fishermen among hardest hit.
Disaster Prompts 'Neighborly Love'
The director of Youth for Christ in Sri Lanka meets Christian survivors straining to deliver aid to victims despite their own losses.
Temptations in Disaster
A ministry leader in Sri Lanka advises his colleagues on spiritual disciplines during a crisis.
Christianity Today News Briefs
Booting the Salvation Army, falling giving, and suing for rights.
Canterbury Crackup
Eschewing church discipline has come back to haunt Anglicans.
Cheated by the Affirming Church
Contrary to what some churches teach, it is homosexuality—and not its suppression—that enslaves people like me.
Faith, Fear, War, Peace
Snapshots of the grim and 'happy' ministry of today's military chaplains.
Good Boundaries Make Good Christians
The difference between welcome and inclusion
Human Sacrifice Redux
How the church battles deadly prophets in its midst.
New York's New Hope
From inner-city gardens, to fine-art exhibitions, to political activism, street-smart churches are changing the culture of America's largest and most dynamic city.
Sloppy Inclusiveness
An interview with Caroline Westerhoff, author of Good Fences: The Boundaries of Hospitality.
Back to the Basics
Christian-Muslim violence requires a 'new' missions strategy: Forgiveness and love.
Breaking Covenant
Latin America director of Casa Alianza had sex with a teen.
Emergent Evangelism
The place of absolute truths in a postmodern world—two views.
The Chinese Church's Delicate Dance
A conversation with the head of the Protestant Three-Self Patriotic Movement.
The Emergent Mystique
The 'emerging church' movement has generated a lot of excitement but only a handful of congregations. Is it the wave of the future or a passing fancy?
A Modest Step Toward Unity
Richard John Neuhaus on the Catholic bishops' decision to join Christian Churches Together.
Praying for Terrorists
Christians seek healing in Beslan.
Silencing Rights Talk
Law would shut down many faith-based groups.
Q & A: Bobby Welch
President of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), on his five-week national bus tour, which ended October 7, to jump-start evangelism in the 16.3-million-member denomination. The SBC has experienced a four-year decline in baptisms.

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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