March 31, 2025

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Today’s Briefing

Under President Trump’s plans, the US could deport 10 million Christians, amounting to what the president of the National Association of Evangelicals called “a church decline strategy.”

With the cease-fire stalled, Christians in northern Israel prepare for more fighting while praying for war to end.

Wanted: a new leader to bring unity to the World Evangelical Alliance.

A church stepped away from spectacle and found a new sense of communion by meeting in a school cafeteria.

Behind the Story

From editorial director of news Kate Shellnutt: When I read Andy Olsen’s piece on how many Christians could face deportation under the Trump administration, I wasn’t surprised by the numbers. Christianity is the most popular religion in the world, and it’s the most popular religion in the US—it makes sense that the majority of immigrants, and 75 percent of those at risk of deportation, would be Christians.

But my next thought went to an article I edited five years ago, about a different set of survey numbers. Lifeway Research had done a large survey of Hispanic pastors. As CT reported at the time, “Among respondents, 25 percent reported that at least one member of their leadership team had undocumented legal status, while on average 21 percent of their attendees lacked legal status.”

If the US loses 10 million Christians to mass deportation, among them will be the preachers, Sunday school teachers, mentors, and volunteers of a generation of Hispanic churches. Even back then, the story acknowledged how fear of immigration raids kept some undocumented Christians from coming to worship services—and how if undocumented parents get deported, the church may end up needing to care for the children they leave behind.

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in the magazine

Even amid scandals, cultural shifts, and declining institutional trust, we at Christianity Today recognize the beauty of Christ’s church. In this issue, you’ll read of the various biblical metaphors for the church, and of the faithfulness of Japanese pastors. You’ll hear how one British podcaster is rethinking apologetics, and Collin Hansen’s hope for evangelical institutions two years after Tim Keller’s death. You’ll be reminded of the power of the Resurrection, and how the church is both more fragile and much stronger than we think from editor in chief Russell Moore. This Lent and Easter season, may you take great courage in Jesus’ words in Matthew 16:18—“I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.”

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