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How Old Is Too Old to Lead a Church?
Six Asian church leaders discuss whether it’s wise for congregations to set age limits for senior pastors. In 2014, Christianity Today published a feature by...
The Funny, Confusing Sincerity of ‘The Book of Clarence’
Jeymes Samuel’s anachronistic biblical epic nods to classics like “Ben-Hur” and “Life of Brian”—and ends with a surprisingly earnest view of Christ. Out with the...
Died: Chungthang Thiek, Pastor of Manipur’s Prayer Movement
The Indian evangelical leader sought a space in the hills where people “could commune with God without interruption.” Chungthang Thiek, a revivalist and preacher who...
Died: Mark Lowrey, Founder of PCA Campus Ministries
He started Reformed University Fellowship with a vision of students ministering to students and learning to love the local church. Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) founder...
How Churches Can Build Trust Among Gen Z Filipinos In An Age of Scandal
As police arrest a pastor for an alleged murder in a lurid crime of passion, young people question how they can trust the church. When...
The Iowa Evangelical Betting Against Trump
Bob Vander Plaats wants Christian voters to move on from Trump. Are they still listening? In the lead-up to the first caucus in the presidential...
‘Cultural Christians’ Have Existed for as Long as Christians Have Existed
We often credit the early church with heroic faithfulness. But it was hardly innocent of accommodation and compromise. Martyrdom lurking around every corner. Christians fervent...
Don’t Let Yourself Be ‘Cured of Churchgoing’
Church homelessness is lonely and exhausting. And the only antidote is Christian community. When my family moved from Washington State to California, my parents braced...
Azerbaijan Added to US List of Religious Freedom Offenders
Is the Islamic nation’s inclusion—the State Department's only change this year—driven by its treatment of Christians, Muslims, or ethnic Armenians displaced from the Artsakh enclave?...
Christian Colleges Try Eliminating Tuition to Draw Students
A number of schools are trying various methods of not charging tuition, born out of their convictions about debt and hopes for students to choose...
How IVF Made Its Way into Evangelical Pro-Life Debates
And what I wish I had considered before reproductive assistance. When evangelicals speak of the unborn, they’re often thinking of babies growing inside pregnant moms....
Brazil’s Top 10 Bible Verses
Leaders reflect on what YouVersion list of the most-shared Scriptures in their nation includes—and misses. The most popular verses for Brazilians in 2023 focused on...
The Bible Dictates What the Church Teaches. Should Church Teaching Dictate How We Read the Bible?
A Protestant considers a Catholic theologian’s call for an “ecclesial” reading of Scripture. On November 10, 1942, following a British victory in Egypt during World...
Evangelicals Shouldn’t Criticize Evangelicalism (Unless the Evangel Really Matters)
The gospel doesn’t come with a gag order. It calls us to name and repent of idolatries and hypocrisies—especially our own. This piece was adapted...
The Harvard Obsession
Harvard president Claudine Gay has resigned. Perhaps it’s not time to think less of Harvard, but to think of Harvard less. On Tuesday, I received...