Important developments in the church and the world (as they appeared in our September issue).

This election has urban evangelicals paying more attention to the plight of small-town America.

We’re too quick to see the What instead of the Who.

Action-sports ministries help wakeboarders, surfers, skaters, and snowboarders ground their passions in gospel truth.

I used to think I had to change to be a good leader. Now I see the strengths I had all along.

The Great British Baking Show teaches me about offering and receiving friendship in a fractured world.

How Jesus confronted my "good Christian life"

My husband was a minister and I held graduate degrees—yet our “Christian” marriage was full of abuse.

Join me in Chicago (IL), Jackson (MS), or Brentwood (TN) this coming week.

The books we read and allow to influence us hold great importance, for good or bad.

I guess that's one way to handle a church staff change . . .

The province is scheduled to vote on gay clergy and blessing civil unions.

Menswear creator Jerry Lorenzo wears his faith on his sleeve.

In my middle-age years, I’ve traded revolution for good old-fashioned faithfulness.

Three-time gold medalist Josh Davis and Rio correspondent Tim Ellsworth on picking between evangelism and family, the athlete’s faith community, and what the Games have in common with missions trips.

Unhealthy churches aren’t like healthy ones. Acting as though they are doesn’t help them, it hurts them.

What can American Evangelicals learn from their European counterparts in regards to evangelism?

More pastors are open to LGBT people serving in their churches than being married there, LifeWay finds.

How talking about books helped an Indianapolis congregation overcome differences and bring life back to their neighborhood.