Church Life+Ministry
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The Loosening of American EvangelicalismLong-standing norms against drinking, tattoos, and Catholic-coded church practices have rapidly fallen. What’s going on?
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Don’t Skip Chronicles in Your Bible Reading PlanWhat we can learn from the chronicler’s stories about the kings of Israel.
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The Church Fathers Belong in Creation Debates. But Handle Them with Care.We can humbly seek their wisdom without treating them as mascots for one position or another.
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A New Era of AI Is Here, and the Church Is Not ReadyIn the uncanny valley of the shadow of data, we should fear no evil—and prepare for a very different future.
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Police Officers Are Burning Out. Can Chaplains Help?Spiritual care is essential as stressors among law enforcement rise.
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The Caregiving Boom Needs Spiritual SupportBy calling or circumstance, millions in the “sandwich generation” feel the weight and cost of tending to aging relatives.
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Would Tim Keller Care If We Weren’t Still Talking About Him? Probably Not.For all his greatness, we should most seek to imitate the late pastor’s humility and indifference to fame.
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Christian Women in India Lack Inheritance Rights. Could Hindu Nationalists Help?The Uniform Civil Code seeks “one nation, one law” to govern citizens' personal lives, but religious minorities fear hidden costs.
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Why the Pacific Islands Are 90 Percent ChristianIt wasn’t only because of missionaries from the West, says a Tongan Australian theologian.
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Christians Shouldn’t Run from a ‘Negative World.’ But They Can Depend on It Less.Aaron Renn outlines individual, institutional, and missional strategies for adapting to a hostile culture.
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Grace College Professor Terminated Following Facebook CampaignMatthew Warner, who had tweeted about gay marriage, is the latest in a string of Christian college faculty who have lost their jobs after being accused of theological misalignment.
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Reality Is Now a Diss TrackDrake and Kendrick Lamar’s rivalry reveals our craving for controversy—and what’s lost when community is based on shared hatred, not love.
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Died: Gospel for Asia Founder Athanasius YohannanThe champion of “native missions” trained more than 100,000 evangelists but got in trouble for financial mismanagement.
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Bringing the City of God to the Cities of EarthChristian urban designers and developers explain how their faith affects their work—and how their work affects your faith.
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Digital Lectors for a Postliterate AgePostliterate people still need God’s Word, and online Bible ventures have found eager listeners.
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SBC Membership Falls to 47-Year Low, But Church Involvement Is UpAmid the continued declines, Southern Baptists are celebrating back-to-back years of growth in worship attendance and baptism.
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The Key to Fighting Sex Trafficking? Showing Up.Indonesia's Compassion First isn’t knocking down doors, but caring for victims and tutoring at-risk youth living in cemeteries.
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Let the Neurodivergent Children Come to MeGentle parenting is one tool to train up children who have disabilities with love and wisdom.
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Goodbye Postmodernism, Hello MetamodernismOur apologetics must evolve to engage with the new cultural mood of the next generations.español
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Trash Problem Pushes Pastor to ActionA Honduran church leads the way in local garbage collection while praying for an international plastics treaty.español
News & Reporting
- Baptism by Flood: Kherson Christians Persevere After Ukraine Dam’s DestructionOccupied, liberated, and now underwater, Kherson remains on the frontline of fighting—and faith, as a local seminary president explains.
- Nondenominational Churches Are Adding Millions of Members. Where Are They Coming From?It’s not mainline traditions anymore.
Church
In Action
- Trading Spaces: Inner City Helps the SuburbsSuburban poor change the direction of ministry.
- Persecution Prompts Missions Agency to TransformOperation Mobilization India transforms itself into a local witness.
- Constructing PeaceOne Olympic athlete's efforts to build relationships between Sudan's Christians and Muslims.
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