Fourth Lausanne Congress Embraces Younger Leaders, ‘Marketplace’ Christians, and Technology
This story will be updated. Steve Oh can trace his family’s Christian heritage back to the Protestant missionaries who arrived in Korea in the 1800s. ...
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Berlin Church Plant Embraces All That Jazz
It’s Saturday night, and you’re looking for jazz in Germany’s capital. You could catch an after-midnight jam session at A-Trane in Charlottenburg, get cozy in...
Brazilian Evangelicals Are Split on Lausanne’s Legacy
For years, integral mission—a theological vision that saw evangelism and social justice as inseparable components of Christian life, or as “two wings of an airplane,”...
Becoming a Church for People of All Abilities
It was our first Christmas season as a family of four, and we were excited to attend our new church’s lessons-and-carols service. As my husband...
SBC to Sell Nashville Headquarters to Cover Cost of Abuse Cases
An investigation into how leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) have dealt with sexual abuse by clergy has cost more than $12 million over...
Half of Pastors Plan to Vote for Trump, Nearly a Quarter Wouldn’t Say
Like other Americans, pastors are deciding who they’ll vote for in the November election. Compared to previous elections, however, they’re much more hesitant to share...
#139: The Kingdom’s Upside-Down Economics
In this episode, Frank and Jared continue the commentary on every reference to the kingdom of God in the Gospels. This episode covers Luke 18:22-30....
Ohio Haitians Feel Panic, Local Christians Try to Repair Divides
On Thursday, Viles Dorsainvil, a former pastor in Haiti and the leader of Haitian Community Help and Support Center in Springfield, Ohio, was getting phone...
Against the Culture of Demonization
I grew up in a small evangelical church in California’s Central Valley where there were more blue collars than white. About 25 families filed into...
Will Your Presidential Vote Send You to Hell?
This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. Since by nature of my work I’ve had to weigh in on a lot of controversial issues...
How to Talk About God and Politics in Polarized Times
How do we talk about Big Things when it seems so risky? It feels hard these days to even mention Jesus in conversation when we...
China Ends International Adoptions, Leaving Hundreds of Cases in Limbo
The Chinese government has officially ended its international adoption program, foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning announced Thursday, ending hopes for hundreds of US families who...
Bangladeshi Christians and Hindus Advocate for a Secular Country
Amid a spike in violence against religious minorities in Bangladesh, a national council of Buddhists, Hindus and Christians is renewing a campaign for the Muslim-majority...
Take Me Out to Something Bigger Than a Ballgame
In 1929, a Kansas preacher named Charles Sheldon had to get something off his chest. Best known as the author of In His Steps (1896)—a...